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what git jargon do you find confusing? thinking of writing a blog post that explains some of git's weirder terminology: "detached HEAD state”, "fast-forward", "index/staging area/staged", “ahead of 'origin/main' by 1 commit”, etc

(really only looking for terms that you personally find confusing, not terms that you think someone else might be confused about)

mhl20

@b0rk It's a few years old, so some of it's out of date now, but I wrote a blog post about confusing Git terminology that some people have told me is useful: longair.net/blog/2012/05/07/th

longair.netThe most confusing git terminology – Mark's Blog

@mhl20 this is REALLY good thank you

@b0rk Oh, that's made my day - thank-you! 😃

@mhl20 @b0rk omg, this was a great read. I had no idea that switch and restore had been added. Those are massive improvements.