git HEAD

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Creator

Seong-lae Cho

Created

Created

2019 Nov 5 3:14

Editor

Editor

Seong-lae Cho

Edited

Edited

2025 Jun 7 16:29

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In Git, HEAD is a pointer that indicates the currently checked out commit. While 'master' (or 'main') is commonly the default branch, HEAD itself is not a branch but rather a pointer mechanism.

HEAD can point to:

A branch reference (normal state)
A specific commit directly (detached HEAD state)

Branches are references that:

Point to specific commit versions
Move automatically when new commits are created

Git branch named origin/HEAD -> origin/master

I'm fairly new to Git, and still getting the hang of it. I just recently started working with branches and am running into some questions. I have two development systems, an Ubuntu desktop and an MacBookPro. I did a bunch of work in a new organizations branch on the Ubuntu system and performed commits and pushed to my remote repo.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4359099/git-branch-named-origin-head-origin-master

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