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On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:08 PM, <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2008-12-28, Zorba <cr@altmore.co.uk> wrote:
>> Under "Examining an old version without creating a new branch"
>> subsection in chapter1
>>
>> to aid my understanding, could the statement:
>>
>> "The HEAD then refers to the SHA1 of the commit instead of to a
>> branch, and git branch shows that you are no longer on a branch:"
>>
>> be restated more explicitly as:
>>
>> "The HEAD then refers to the SHA1 of the commit instead of to a
>> branch head, and git branch shows that you are no longer on a branch
>> head:"
>
> Sure, but I prefer "tip"; reduces confusion between "head" and "HEAD"
> in spoken descriptions (I teach internal classes on git occasionally,
> once even on a conf call!)

+1

I was (am) was initially confused about head and HEAD and assumed that
they are both same.

-- dm