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Not as weird as hijacking the term "branch" to mean a symlink to a ref that is not part of the history. Then again why make it easier by naming it to something
by reinhardt 14y ago
Not as weird as hijacking the term "branch" to mean a symlink to a ref that is not part of the history. Then again why make it easier by naming it to something more intuitive, like say, "bookmark".
- qznc 14y agoBecause a bookmark is usually immutable. If I bookmark "http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com has "Hacker News" it will be same URL forever. In contrast, git branches symlink to a different ref, whenever you commit to it. A git tag could be called bookmark intuitively.