Re: [RFD] Git glossary: 'branch' and 'head' description

> $ git pull . stuff
> # Notice that the diffstat is exciting
> # What did I just get?
> $ git log master@{5 minutes ago}..master
>
> This is about the only easy way to find out that the fast-forward you just 
> did included merging a line which contains a commit from several weeks 
> ago. (Because the "before" state isn't easily accessible for a 
> fast-forward, and the date of the old commit puts it way back in a 
> date-ordered log.)