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Re: Resetting working files

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NSNicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
Date
May 31, 2009, 17:39 UTC
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<20090531173932.GA13856@vidovic>
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<9719867c0905310950x153db8efw179a8a10ac3f4640@mail.gmail.com>
The 31/05/09, Aaron Gray wrote:
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> > I still do not understand what index is.
> > 1. is index an replica of the committed tree
> > 2. is index only transient in that its content will be reset once
> >   committed?
> > 3. or other ?
> 
> I think index is HEAD or a revision hash. Am I correct ?

HEAD is a reference to a branch name: $ cat .git/HEAD ref: refs/heads/master $

The branch name is a reference to a commit: $ cat .git/refs/heads/master a80aad7b85fc560451e07792d64ab6cb15a39914 $

The index is what will be committed by 'git commit'.
-- 
Nicolas Sebrecht
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  1. Aaron GrayMay 31, 2009
  2. Dirk SüsserottMay 31, 2009
  3. Aaron GrayMay 31, 2009
  4. Peter BaumannMay 31, 2009
  5. Aaron GrayMay 31, 2009
  6. Nicolas SebrechtMay 31, 2009
  7. Aaron GrayMay 31, 2009
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