On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 07:22, Pito Salas <r...@salas.com> wrote: > Dilip > > Thanks, that clears up a lot. > >> >> - Note this difference: a **head** (lowercase) refers to any one of the >> *named* heads (master, stable, dust) in the repository; **HEAD** (uppercase) >> refers exclusively to the currently *active head*. This distinction is used >> frequently in Git documentation. > > Currently "active head" means HEAD for the current checked out branch, yes? > > Also, then, what exactly does someone get when they do a "git clone" > on a remote repo that has multiple branches and hence multiple heads? > > Thanks! > > Pito >
By default they create and checkout a local tracking branch of whatever HEAD in the remote repo is pointing at. "git branch -r" will show you what the remote HEAD is pointing at, if you have a clone of the repository. This is will typically show: "origin/HEAD -> origin/master" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
