From 5e1a2e8c61b31410fd0c2e5a67c45bf6b373f4c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:43:50 -0800 Subject: Documentation: detached HEAD Add discussion section to git-checkout documentation and mention detached HEAD in repository-layout document. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/repository-layout.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/repository-layout.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt index 0fdd36614d..7c8c141419 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 -- cgit v1.2.1