From 67393c5dc99eb61e76d2ea4df3dae49e8e93828d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:48:49 -0700 Subject: glossary: clarify description of HEAD HEAD on a branch does reference a commit via the branch ref it refers to. The main difference of a detached HEAD is that it _directly_ refers to a commit. Clarify this. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/glossary-content.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index f430068467..f4fd5b046d 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ to point at the new commit. working tree>> is normally derived from the state of the tree referred to by HEAD. HEAD is a reference to one of the <> in your repository, except when using a - <>, in which case it may - reference an arbitrary commit. + <>, in which case it directly + references an arbitrary commit. [[def_head_ref]]head ref:: A synonym for <>. -- cgit 1.2.3-korg