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> Since 993d57eded (refs: pseudorefs are no refs, 2024-05-15), the term
> "pseudoref" has been restricted to FETCH_HEAD and MERGE_HEAD, which are
> not stored in the ref backends, while other refs outside of "refs/",
> such as HEAD and ORIG_HEAD, are called root refs. However, a fair number
> of docs, comments, messages and tests still use "pseudoref" in its old
> sense. And while the glossary describes the rules for refs in the root
> of the hierarchy, it does not explicitly define the term, even though
> "git for-each-ref --include-root-refs" uses it.
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>