From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: [PATCH 5/5] glossary: clarify description of HEAD Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:52:38 -0700 Message-ID: <1308847958-3429-6-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com> References: <7vy60s36mm.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <1308847958-3429-1-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com> To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Jun 23 18:53:12 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QZn9U-0007PP-5W for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:53:12 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759797Ab1FWQwy (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:52:54 -0400 Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([64.74.157.62]:36981 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759781Ab1FWQww (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:52:52 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFB875B9A for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:55:03 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to :subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references; s=sasl; bh=bVFv m0OT3zg96H+v0E3Wy7UoaUY=; b=X3taeS+1xC3R9+DMmcf4p5vkAzKa3sPW9qxS IuBeQLrqi89phf6bUZTROaQ8F4K9JlyW5NIlzMUm1ToTO0vH7RhwI33ttB9ArVk/ o2OTKiYMQ7tNmb+EvEf6o7mI6tTyA1efWjj3MUxVcePVq5ZJ+btjb0hV93ZcIJ9Y Xqf0S0U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:subject :date:message-id:in-reply-to:references; q=dns; s=sasl; b=C1twSx b2XKAKzHOY8/vFWiEsG+o6JXLJ2M8klQT+K/SzV0WOEmpHK/TBawNWIzs+7cjHrl nPK/k2JYC5Ra3k6lZX8PceJr/eHJkhs45IIOOrYs1Qlxr4bX2AECBycNt2LTQjdP jaNlZaqZqxpssagINjMfFowEmpH3ENpWMEWKU= Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8FC65B99 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:55:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.170.102]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D6A1B5B97 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:55:02 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.6.rc3 In-Reply-To: <1308847958-3429-1-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com> X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 89E14494-9DB9-11E0-AD22-5875C023C68D-77302942!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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 --- 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 <> in your repository, except when using a - <>, in which case it may + <>, in which case it may directly reference an arbitrary commit. [[def_head_ref]]head ref:: -- 1.7.6.rc3