> HEAD is pointing to the commit you're currently looking at HEAD pointer is pointing to the branch pointer (e.g. my-branch) which is pointing to the commit. (

> HEAD is pointing to the commit you're currently looking at HEAD pointer is pointing to the branch pointer (e.g. my-branch) which is pointing to the commit. (Except in a detached HEAD state.) > Every time that you make a commit on `my-branch`, then both the `HEAD` and `my-branch` move to point to the new commit. HEAD pointer keeps pointing at the my-branch pointer, and only the my-branch pointer moves to point to the new commit. But of course, when you now follow HEAD to my-branch to the commit, now you end up to the new commit. > "detached HEAD" means that the the `HEAD` (the commit you're looking at) is not pointed at by a branch. "Detached HEAD" means that HEAD is pointing directly to a commit, instead of pointing to a branch pointer. You can have a detached head state, where both HEAD and the branch pointer point to the latest commit. If you use `git log --decorate`, for the latest commit it will show (HEAD, my-branch) instead of the normal (HEAD -> my-branch).