Git refs - why is it called heads instead of branches?
Question
Just curious when you look in the git/refs directory:
.git/refs/heads
.git/refs/tags
why is it called refs/heads instead of refs/branches?
1 answers
solution1
2 ACCPTED 2019-09-17 05:02:02
can you give example of heads that are not branches?
A detached head is not a branch.
But all branches are referenced by a HEAD, as direct reference to the last commit of their branch.
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