 <code>HEAD</code>.</p>
</div>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">&lt;tree-ish&gt;</dt>
<dd>
<p>Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified,
the index will be used.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_detached_head">DETACHED HEAD</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p><code>HEAD</code> normally refers to a named branch (e.g. <code>master</code>). Meanwhile, each
branch refers to a specific commit. Let&#8217;s look at a repo with three
commits, one o