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@@ -1025,10 +1025,11 @@ When first created, objects are stored in individual files, but for efficiency may later be compressed together into "pack files". 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 `ref/head/` 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 `refs/head/` 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 `ref/tags/`. A special ref named +tags of interest are stored under `refs/tags/`. A symbolic ref named `HEAD` contains the name of the currently checked-out branch. The index file is initialized with a list of all paths and, for each |