Re: user manual question

On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 8:08 PM, [off-list ref] wrote:

On 2008-12-28, Zorba [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

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