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Re: user manual question

From
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 28, 2008, 14:38 UTC
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On 2008-12-28, Zorba <cr@altmore.co.uk> wrote:
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> Under "Examining an old version without creating a new branch" subsection in 
> chapter1
>
> to aid my understanding, could the statement:
>
> "The HEAD then refers to the SHA1 of the commit instead of to a branch, and 
> git branch shows that you are no longer on a branch:"
>
> be restated more explicitly as:
>
> "The HEAD then refers to the SHA1 of the commit instead of to a branch head, 
> and git branch shows that you are no longer on a branch head:"

Sure, but I prefer "tip"; reduces confusion between "head" and "HEAD" in spoken descriptions (I teach internal classes on git occasionally, once even on a conf call!)

The git glossary makes no mention of "tip", so this is probably "unblessed" :-)

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  3. Dilip MDec 28, 2008
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  5. ZorbaDec 28, 2008
  6. Sitaram ChamartyDec 29, 2008
  7. Dilip MDec 29, 2008
  8. ZorbaDec 29, 2008
  9. Björn SteinbrinkDec 29, 2008
  10. Markus HeidelbergDec 29, 2008
  11. Sitaram ChamartyDec 29, 2008
  12. Daniel BarkalowDec 29, 2008

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