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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-06-23 09:48:49 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-06-23 15:39:28 -0700
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parentglossary: update description of head and ref (diff)
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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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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
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@@ -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>>.