Exactly. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 08:26, Pito Salas <r...@salas.com> wrote: > So, there's one HEAD per repository, not one per branch, correct? > > -- Pito > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Jacob Helwig <jacob.hel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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. > >
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