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| author | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-01-17 10:43:50 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2007-01-17 10:43:50 -0800 |
| commit | 5e1a2e8c61b31410fd0c2e5a67c45bf6b373f4c3 (patch) | |
| tree | 4888a74f13f6b2a664323549fe57fa9d6f2085da /Documentation/repository-layout.txt | |
| parent | 23bfbb815d7d71ff20c014f4610732597f0a75db (diff) | |
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Documentation: detached HEAD
Add discussion section to git-checkout documentation and mention
detached HEAD in repository-layout document.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt index 0fdd36614..7c8c14141 100644 --- a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt +++ b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt @@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ HEAD:: 'name' does not (yet) exist. In some legacy setups, it is a symbolic link instead of a symref that points at the current branch. ++ +HEAD can also record a specific commit directly, instead of +being a symref to point at the current branch. Such a state +is often called 'detached HEAD', and almost all commands work +identically as normal. See gitlink:git-checkout[1] for +details. branches:: A slightly deprecated way to store shorthands to be used |