Re: master^ is not a local branch -- huh?!?

Ron Garret [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

This shows that you are still thinking a branch is a line (or multiple
lines).  It is not.

The git user's guide says it is:

"When we need to be precise, we will use the word "branch" to mean a 
line of development..."

I think the last paragraph "to put it in another way" in my other message
to you will clear this confusion.