Re: Jargon and acronyms on this mailing list

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Jargon and acronyms on this mailing list
Date: 2024-09-09 03:35:36
Message-ID: 3036544.1725852936@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I think HEAD is commonly misused to mean master instead of the latest
> commit of the current branch. I see the buildfarm even does that.
> Thanks for getting that right in your blog post.

IIRC, HEAD *was* the technically correct term back when we were
using CVS. Old habits die hard.

regards, tom lane

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