Ted Pavlic said the following on 24.02.2009 15:25:
> I only added the "GIT_DIR!" on the advice of Junio, who suggested a
> "danger" flag. I asked for suggestions on replacement text.
> 
> Keep in mind that "BARE:master" doesn't make much sense. If you're
> in a git dir, you don't have a working directory. "BARE" alone
> makes sense. Personally, I think it makes more sense to submit a
> patch that changes "GIT_DIR!" to "BARE" in the bare case (and
> doesn't print any branch).

It reflects what HEAD points to in the bare repository.

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