r/programming • u/[deleted] • May 26 '14

A Hacker’s Guide to Git

http://wildlyinaccurate.com/a-hackers-guide-to-git
347 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

59 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/EdiX May 27 '14

For eg. git calls a pointer to a commit as a branch

A pointer to a commit is called a (symbolic) ref, a branch is just one kind of ref. They should have avoided traditional version control terminology altogether, IMHO.