On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:08 PM, <sitaramc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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!) +1 I was (am) was initially confused about head and HEAD and assumed that they are both same. -- dm -- 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
