Git References

For not having to remember git hashes for addressing specific commits, it would be easier to link a commit to a simple name so you could use that simple name rather than the SHA-1 value.

In Git, these names are called references or refs.

Most important references are:

• Tags
• Branches
• Remotes
• HEAD

Sources:

• https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References