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@@ -3755,10 +3755,11 @@ purpose.</p></div> <div class="paragraph"><p>When first created, objects are stored in individual files, but for
efficiency may later be compressed together into "pack files".</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Named pointers called refs mark interesting points in history. A ref
-may contain the SHA-1 name of an object or the name of another ref. Refs
-with names beginning <code>ref/head/</code> contain the SHA-1 name of the most
+may contain the SHA-1 name of an object or the name of another ref (the
+latter is called a "symbolic ref").
+Refs with names beginning <code>refs/head/</code> contain the SHA-1 name of the most
recent commit (or "head") of a branch under development. SHA-1 names of
-tags of interest are stored under <code>ref/tags/</code>. A special ref named
+tags of interest are stored under <code>refs/tags/</code>. A symbolic ref named
<code>HEAD</code> contains the name of the currently checked-out branch.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The index file is initialized with a list of all paths and, for each
path, a blob object and a set of attributes. The blob object represents
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