What is HEAD in Git?

Question

You see the Git documentation saying things like

The branch must be fully merged in HEAD.

But what is Git HEAD exac

Answer 1

These two may confusing you:

head

Pointing to named references a branch recently submitted. Unless you use the package reference , heads typically stored in $ GIT_DIR/refs/heads/.

HEAD

Current branch, or your working tree is usually generated from the tree HEAD is pointing to. HEAD must point to a head, except you are using a detached HEAD.