Fetching a newly created branch via bzr-git

[Gordon Tyler]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer at samba.org> wrote:

> > Btw, what is that "(default)" branch that "bzr branches" shows as
> > being current after the initial git-import?  There's no such branch in
> > the repo, and .bzr/branches/ directory doesn't have a subdirectory for
> > it.  Wouldn't it be better if the default were "master"?
> The (default) branch is what corresponds to HEAD in git. We can't
> simply name that branch "master" since that would conflict with the
> actual master branch, which can be different from HEAD.
>

As I understand it,  HEAD in a git repo is the ref that points to the
 "current" or default branch. So, theoretically, it should be pointing to
an existing ref (branch). So why is it created or listed as a separate
branch?

Ciao,
Gordon
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