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On Windows, SymbolicReference._iter_items misses non-packed refs #586

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@dubois

repo.branches was not seeing some of my newly-created branches. I tracked it down to https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/master/git/refs/symbolic.py#L577

        if 'refs/' not in root:  # skip non-refs subfolders

This needs to honor os.sep, eg:

        if 'refs' not in root.split(os.sep):  # skip non-refs subfolders

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  1. Byron commented on Feb 25, 2017

    @Byron
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    Thanks a lot for letting us know, and for suggesting a viable fix!

  2. ankostis commented on Mar 1, 2017

    @ankostis
    Contributor

    In order to support also CYGWIN Git, maybe it needs to check posix os.sep :-(

    Is tm possible to have a simple TestCase to reproduce it in Appveyor?

  3. added a commit that references this issue on Jan 24, 2026
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