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Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] glossary: clarify description of HEAD
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Carlos Mart=C3=ADn Nieto <carlos@cmartin.tk> writes:

>> -	<<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it may
>> +	<<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it may directly
>
> Why "may"? As I understand it, in detached HEAD, it /does/ point
> directly to a commit

True; I just kept the original without thinking too deeply about it.