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@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ An optional source of truth for the state of branches and tags in a repository.
 
 The `refs` tag may appear multiple times, or none.
 
-If no `refs` tags are present, the author is no longer tracking repository state using this event. This approach enables the author to restart tracking state at a later time unlike [NIP-09](09.md) deletion requests.
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 The `refs` tag can be optionally extended to enable clients to identify how many commits ahead a ref is:
 
 ```jsonc