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## Refs
Like git, OSTree uses "refs" to which are text files that point to
particular commits (i.e. filesystem trees). For example, the
gnome-ostree operating system creates trees named like
Like git, OSTree uses the terminology "references" (abbreviated
"refs") which are text files that name (refer to) to particular
commits. See the
[Git Documentation](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References)
for information on how git uses them. Unlike git though, it doesn't
usually make sense to have a "master" branch. There is a convention
for references in OSTree that looks like this:
`exampleos/buildmaster/x86_64-runtime` and
`exampleos/buildmaster/x86_64-devel-debug`. These two refs point to
two different generated filesystem trees. In this example, the