It's not about "how a branch is stored". We're not talking about objects, packs, blobs or any other stuff I never actually had to learn about while using git. W

It's not about "how a branch is stored". We're not talking about objects, packs, blobs or any other stuff I never actually had to learn about while using git. We're talking about refs - the primary way for users to reference commits and other things in git. Just about every command you use takes refs as arguments. It's essential to even just imagine the state of the repository in your head. It's what the first tutorial you read about git should explain to you.