Re: [PATCH] Clarification for the command "git checkout <branch>"

From: Markus Elfring <markus.elfring@web.de>
Date: Mar 17, 2010, 17:00 UTC
Message-ID: <4BA10AAF.9050907@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <32541b131003170944w7a0215frcace205f32d313bf@mail.gmail.com>

> This is done by updating HEAD to point at the given branch,

Is it supposed that Git users should know from other information sources already what the key word "HEAD" means?

Regards, Markus

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