CODEWITHSUNDEEP
git
user1167313
user1167313

Reputation: 61

Git HEAD file location in remote repository

I'm working on a Git project and had a question about HEAD.

In our remote Git repository, I see the file

git_repo_home/HEAD

and another file 

git_repo_home/refs/heads/HEAD

The content of the former file is refs/heads/master which looks ok because we want HEAD pointing at master.

However, should the latter file exist? I had thought only branches should exist in /refs/heads and HEAD isn't a branch right? I'm wondering if we erroneously created a HEAD branch. The contents of this file is an SHA hash.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 139

Answers (1)

manojlds
manojlds

Reputation: 301147

Do a git branch -a and see if you are seeing HEAD as one of the branches. You must have created one, like you mentioned. You can delete it.

Upvotes: 1

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