Julia Evans on Nostr: it's interesting that HEAD means slightly different things depending on the ...

it's interesting that HEAD means slightly different things depending on the situation, for example:

1. “git show HEAD" means "show me the latest commit on the current branch"

2. “5aad10 (HEAD -> main)" in git log's output means “your current branch is `main`, and 5aad10 is the latest commit on `main`”

3. “<<<<<<<<< HEAD" in a merge conflict honestly means nothing to me, I just ignore the HEAD because the meaning is inconsistent between merge and rebase and it's too confusing