On 2008-12-28, Zorba <cr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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" :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
