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diff --git a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt index 0fdd36614d..7c8c141419 100644 --- a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt @@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ HEAD:: 'name' does not (yet) exist. In some legacy setups, it is a symbolic link instead of a symref that points at the current branch. ++ +HEAD can also record a specific commit directly, instead of +being a symref to point at the current branch. Such a state +is often called 'detached HEAD', and almost all commands work +identically as normal. See gitlink:git-checkout[1] for +details. branches:: A slightly deprecated way to store shorthands to be used |