Re: user manual question

["Dilip M" <dilipm79@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 6:42 AM, <sitaramc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2008-12-29, Zorba <cr@altmore.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Sitaram!
>>
>> Thanks for clearing that one up.
>
> you're welcome; we've all done a bit of struggling I guess!
>
>> Also, I did wonder about HEAD and head. One can move, the other
>> doesn't!  (well, acually it does - head moves "forward", as the tip
>> of the branch grows)
>
> Here's an extract from my notes/internal talks on this:
>
>    === basic concepts      * a branch is "an active line of
> development"      * //master//: default branch in a project, by
> convention      * //head//: tip of a branch      * a repo can track
> many branches, but the working tree is associated with        only one
> branch at a time      * //HEAD//: tip of the branch associated with
> the working tree; this is        where commits go        ** except
> when it's "detached"

That's a nice,compact and effective  note. Thanks for sharing :-)
Consider pushing the full notes to GITHUB...would be _useful_ for all of
us..(like me)...


-- dm