{"thread":{"id":"17004","subject":"[PATCH] Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt: HEAD not symlink these days","startedAt":"2009-01-06T02:18:39Z","lastAt":"2009-01-06T08:57:27Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["jidanni@jidanni.org","Miklos Vajna"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"99402","messageId":"1231208319-12673-1-git-send-email-jidanni@jidanni.org","threadId":"17004","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt: HEAD not symlink these days","fromName":"","fromEmail":"jidanni@jidanni.org","sentAt":"2009-01-06T02:18:39Z","receivedAt":"2009-01-06T02:18:39Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"jidanni@jidanni.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/36568d4af4c8d3e71627ef3b8c8d00e39065b12f29676cccd38ced75e68fa2a6?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Signed-off-by: jidanni <jidanni@jidanni.org>\n---\n Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt |    2 +-\n 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt\nindex e4dd551..05328cf 100644\n--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt\n@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ Creating a new branch\n \n Branches in git are really nothing more than pointers into the git\n object database from within the `.git/refs/` subdirectory, and as we\n-already discussed, the `HEAD` branch is nothing but a symlink to one of\n+already discussed, the `HEAD` branch is nothing but a pointer to one of\n these object pointers.\n \n You can at any time create a new branch by just picking an arbitrary\n-- \n1.6.0.6\n"},{"id":"99406","messageId":"20090106024443.GC21154@genesis.frugalware.org","threadId":"17004","inReplyTo":"1231208319-12673-1-git-send-email-jidanni@jidanni.org","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt: HEAD not symlink these days","fromName":"Miklos Vajna","fromEmail":"vmiklos@frugalware.org","sentAt":"2009-01-06T02:44:43Z","receivedAt":"2009-01-06T02:44:43Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"vmiklos@frugalware.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/401c1cbbb3a5d13e650c691a2c71d6fd0b80df1a01bc74d9f1972675dd58f2bd?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 10:18:39AM +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:\n>  Branches in git are really nothing more than pointers into the git\n>  object database from within the `.git/refs/` subdirectory, and as we\n> -already discussed, the `HEAD` branch is nothing but a symlink to one of\n> +already discussed, the `HEAD` branch is nothing but a pointer to one of\n>  these object pointers.\n\nThe currect term for HEAD is a 'symref', see the glossary. ;-)\n"},{"id":"99407","messageId":"87ljtpnoag.fsf@jidanni.org","threadId":"17004","inReplyTo":"20090106024443.GC21154@genesis.frugalware.org","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt: HEAD not symlink these days","fromName":"","fromEmail":"jidanni@jidanni.org","sentAt":"2009-01-06T02:47:35Z","receivedAt":"2009-01-06T02:47:35Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"jidanni@jidanni.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/36568d4af4c8d3e71627ef3b8c8d00e39065b12f29676cccd38ced75e68fa2a6?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"MV> The currect term for HEAD is a 'symref', see the glossary. ;-)\n\nOK please change it for me, as today is my junior patching practice\nday, and a patch to a patch is way over my head.\n"},{"id":"99451","messageId":"20090106085727.GG21154@genesis.frugalware.org","threadId":"17004","inReplyTo":"87ljtpnoag.fsf@jidanni.org","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt: HEAD not symlink these days","fromName":"Miklos Vajna","fromEmail":"vmiklos@frugalware.org","sentAt":"2009-01-06T08:57:27Z","receivedAt":"2009-01-06T08:57:27Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"vmiklos@frugalware.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/401c1cbbb3a5d13e650c691a2c71d6fd0b80df1a01bc74d9f1972675dd58f2bd?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 10:47:35AM +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:\n> OK please change it for me, as today is my junior patching practice\n> day, and a patch to a patch is way over my head.\n\nI can, but in the longer term, I think it's better if you learn to use\ngit rebase -i / git commit --amend. You can do it tomorrow as well.\n"}]}