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  • Also mentioned in longair.net/blog/2012/05/07/the-most-confusing-git-terminology (look for "“HEAD” and “head”")
    – VonC
    Commented Jun 8, 2017 at 19:40
  • @VonC: thanks for that link. I'm preparing a Git training and I also want to point out why it's sometimes so confusing. I have a lot of examples already (like checkout -b which looks like a checkout but actually branches) but another list is just welcome. Commented Jun 8, 2017 at 19:45