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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-06-23 09:48:49 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-06-23 15:39:28 -0700 |
| commit | 67393c5dc99eb61e76d2ea4df3dae49e8e93828d (patch) | |
| tree | 2f68424999560b56292beb1955c8906e68bf0655 /Documentation/glossary-content.txt | |
| parent | deaef1e94734a61407c73637e0e9718f914c3a62 (diff) | |
| download | git-67393c5dc99eb61e76d2ea4df3dae49e8e93828d.tar.gz | |
glossary: clarify description of HEAD
HEAD on a branch does reference a commit via the branch ref it refers to.
The main difference of a detached HEAD is that it _directly_ refers to
a commit. Clarify this.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 4 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index f430068467..f4fd5b046d 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ to point at the new commit. working tree>> is normally derived from the state of the tree referred to by HEAD. HEAD is a reference to one of the <<def_head,heads>> in your repository, except when using a - <<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it may - reference an arbitrary commit. + <<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it directly + references an arbitrary commit. [[def_head_ref]]head ref:: A synonym for <<def_head,head>>. |