HPR2553: Get ahead with git HEAD

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This episode is light on actual commands, and mostly a narrative analysis of what git HEAD is and why it matters to you.

Some commands you can try:

$ cat ~/path/to/git/repo/.git/HEAD

and

$ ls ~/path/to/git/repo/.git/refs $ cat ~/path/to/git/repo/.git/refs/master

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