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HEAD is Git's name for "where you are now". It usually points to the current branch, and the branch points to its latest commit.

You can use HEAD in commands: HEAD~1 is the commit before HEAD, HEAD~2 the one before that.

See where HEAD points

HEAD -> main means HEAD points to the main branch:

git log --oneline -3
a85bb36 (HEAD -> main) Added .gitignore
72df4ee (tag: v1.1, tag: v1.0) Merge branch 'new-feature'
6682b7d Merged conflict-demo, kept W3Schools heading

Look inside .git/HEAD

cat .git/HEAD
ref: refs/heads/main

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