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Understanding Git

Coding Blocks

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Head Is Not Pointing to a Commit, Right?

Head symbolically refers to that branch. But if you're not on a branch, then what could head symbolically refer to? So head, ok? There is no such thing as head because head is not pointing to anything at that apoint in time. And it doesn't want you to be able to do anything, right? Because the whole point is head moves with whatever the committs move.

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