From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:48:49 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: glossary: clarify description of HEAD
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glossary: clarify description of HEAD

HEAD on a branch does reference a commit via the branch ref it refers to.
The main difference of a detached HEAD is that it _directly_ refers to
a commit.  Clarify this.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index f43006846..f4fd5b046 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ to point at the new commit.
 	working tree>> is normally derived from the state of the tree
 	referred to by HEAD.  HEAD is a reference to one of the
 	<<def_head,heads>> in your repository, except when using a
-	<<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it may
-	reference an arbitrary commit.
+	<<def_detached_HEAD,detached HEAD>>, in which case it directly
+	references an arbitrary commit.
 
 [[def_head_ref]]head ref::
 	A synonym for <<def_head,head>>.