> A HEAD is the end of that line. A detached head is when you have checked out a sha that isn’t the end. This isn’t quite a right. I hope my clarification is h

> A HEAD is the end of that line. A detached head is when you have checked out a sha that isn’t the end. This isn’t quite a right. I hope my clarification is helpful! HEAD is the ref that you currently have checked out. This could be a commit ID, a branch ID, etc., and there may be multiple refs that point to the same commit. When you check out a commit ID directly, you’re in a “detached HEAD” state because you aren’t on a branch. This is noteworthy because it means that any commits you make will be untracked by any branch, and will only be available in the reflog.