m &lt;reason&gt;] &lt;name&gt; &lt;ref&gt;
<em>git symbolic-ref</em> [-q] [--short] &lt;name&gt;
<em>git symbolic-ref</em> --delete [-q] &lt;name&gt;</pre>
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<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<p>Given one argument, reads which branch head the given symbolic
ref refers to and outputs its path, relative to the <code>.git/</code>
directory.  Typically you would give <code>HEAD</code> as the &lt;name&gt;
a