glossary: clarify description of HEAD HEAD on a branch does reference a commit via the branch ref it refers to. The main difference of a detached HEAD is that it _directly_ refers to a commit. Clarify this. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index f430068..f4fd5b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ working tree>> is normally derived from the state of the tree referred to by HEAD. HEAD is a reference to one of the <<def_head,heads>> in your repository, except when using a - <<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it may - reference an arbitrary commit. + <<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it directly + references an arbitrary commit. [[def_head_ref]]head ref:: A synonym for <<def_head,head>>.