my advanced Git Learning notes

Some Notes when learning advanced git

Some theoretical concepts and command line operations are recorded as follows:

Branch

1. What does HEAD -> master mean?

HEAD is a reference to the current commit, (Of course, you can move theHEAD by using checkout command) and the master is the name of the default branch, which is just a label of branch, pointing to the tip of the branch.

Also keep in mind that: the HEAD is just a symbol reference, pointing to a specific commit of branch. You can check it out in the .git/HEAD file.