From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] glossary: clarify description of HEAD
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:52:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1308847958-3429-6-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1308847958-3429-1-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>
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>
---
Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index dd690bd..f79da21 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ 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
+ <<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it may directly
reference an arbitrary commit.
[[def_head_ref]]head ref::
--
1.7.6.rc3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-23 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-23 4:45 [PATCH] git-remote.txt: fix wrong remote refspec Namhyung Kim
2011-06-23 5:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 6:17 ` Namhyung Kim
2011-06-23 8:12 ` [PATCH v2] " Namhyung Kim
2011-06-23 15:33 ` [PATCH] " Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 16:03 ` Namhyung Kim
2011-06-23 16:52 ` [PATCH 0/5] Clarify "refs" Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 16:52 ` [PATCH 1/5] check-ref-format doc: de-emphasize the implementation detail of a ref Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 22:14 ` Eric Sunshine
2011-06-23 16:52 ` [PATCH 2/5] git.txt: " Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 16:52 ` [PATCH 3/5] glossary: update description of "tag" Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 22:19 ` Eric Sunshine
2011-06-23 16:52 ` [PATCH 4/5] glossary: update description of head and ref Junio C Hamano
2011-06-23 16:52 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2011-06-23 17:06 ` [PATCH 5/5] glossary: clarify description of HEAD Carlos Martín Nieto
2011-06-23 17:12 ` Junio C Hamano
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