Junio C Hamano wrote: > diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt > b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt > index f928b57..69c90d1 100644 > --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt > +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt > @@ -100,9 +100,22 @@ to point at the new commit. > > [[def_detached_HEAD]]detached HEAD:: > Normally the <<def_HEAD,HEAD>> stores the name of a > - <<def_branch,branch>>. However, git also allows you to > <<def_checkout,check out>> > - an arbitrary <<def_commit,commit>> that isn't necessarily the tip of any > - particular branch. In this case HEAD is said to be "detached". > + <<def_branch,branch>>, and commands that operate on the > + history HEAD represents operate on the history leading to the > + tip of the branch the HEAD points at. However, Git also > + allows you to <<def_checkout,check out>> an arbitrary > + <<def_commit,commit>> that isn't necessarily the tip of any > + particular branch. The HEAD in such a state is called > + "detached".
Should we also add that "git branch" output shows this situation as "(no branch)"? Nb. this is not documented in git-branch(1) manpage either... -- Jakub Narębski -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
