A symbolic ref is a ref that points to another ref instead of a ref that points ...

ethomson on April 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why SQLite Does Not Use Git

A symbolic ref is a ref that points to another ref instead of a ref that points to a commit. `HEAD` is a symbolic ref. (It should be your only symbolic ref.)

friend-monoid on April 11, 2018 [–]

Unless it is detached. :)