Mac@programming.dev to Git@programming.dev · edit-211 months ago[Julia Evans] HEAD and headsprogramming.devimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1image[Julia Evans] HEAD and headsprogramming.devMac@programming.dev to Git@programming.dev · edit-211 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJakub Narębski@fosstodon.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months ago@Knusper @mac The ‘head’ is sometimes called ‘tip of the branch’ if you want to invoke the meaning of branch as a pointer to the graph of revisions, as a tip where new commits are created.
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@Knusper @mac The ‘head’ is sometimes called ‘tip of the branch’ if you want to invoke the meaning of branch as a pointer to the graph of revisions, as a tip where new commits are created.