git.txt: de-emphasize the implementation detail of a ref

gitster · gitster · commit 0abcfbff4dda · 2011-06-23T15:38:18.000-07:00
It is an unimportant implementation detail that branches and tags are
stored somewhere under $GIT_DIR/refs directory, or the name of the commit
that will become the parent of the next commit is stored in $GIT_DIR/HEAD.

What is more important is that branches live in refs/heads and tags live
in refs/tags hierarchy in the ref namespace, and HEAD means the tip of the
current branch.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -510,16 +510,15 @@ Any git command accepting any <object> can also use the following
 symbolic notation:
 
 HEAD::
-	indicates the head of the current branch (i.e. the
-	contents of `$GIT_DIR/HEAD`).
+	indicates the head of the current branch.
 
 <tag>::
 	a valid tag 'name'
-	(i.e. the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/tags/<tag>`).
+	(i.e. a `refs/tags/<tag>` reference).
 
 <head>::
 	a valid head 'name'
-	(i.e. the contents of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/<head>`).
+	(i.e. a `refs/heads/<head>` reference).
 
 For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
 "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
