On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Konstantin Khomoutov <khomou...@gmail.com> wrote: > The idea is that the "HEAD" is a distinguished reference, which is > used to point to the commit object on which the work tree is based, > and it has no inherent relation to the notion of the "current branch".
Actually .git/HEAD is exactly where git stores the notion of the "curent branch" if it contains something like ref: refs/heads/master Then the current branch is master If it just contains a sha then HEAD is detached and there IS no current branch. Which was my point. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Github: http://github.com/rubyredrick Twitter: @RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale -- 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.
