#git bot interface

History of !HEAD

• HEAD is a 'pointer' to the currently checked out branch (or commit, if HEAD is !detached). In bare repositories it tells clients which branch to checkout initially after cloning. Unlike commonly believed, HEAD is *not* something that exists separately for every branch. It also is *not* necessarily the newest commit in the repo (that's hard to define in a DVCS, anyway...)
  By jast at 2013-07-29 12:47:33
• HEAD is a 'pointer' to the currently checked out branch (or commit, if HEAD is !detached). In bare repositories it serves a different function: it tells clients which branch to checkout initially after cloning. HEAD is *not* something that exists separately for every branch; that's a common misunderstanding. It also is *not* the newest commit in the repo (which is hard to define in a DVCS anyway)
  By charon at 2012-09-13 09:34:59
• HEAD is a 'pointer' to the currently checked out branch (or commit, if HEAD is !detached). In bare repositories it serves a different function: it tells clients which branch to checkout initially after cloning. HEAD is *not* something that exists separately for every branch; that's a common misunderstanding.
  By jast at 2012-08-16 20:24:49
• HEAD is a 'pointer' in the repository that refers to whatever is currently checked out (or the default branch in bare repositories). It's not specific to any branch.
  By jast at 2011-12-09 00:35:03