A symbolic ref is a ref that points to another ref instead of a ref that points ...

		ethomson on April 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why SQLite Does Not Use Git A symbolic ref is a ref that points to another ref instead of a ref that points to a commit. `HEAD` is a symbolic ref. (It should be your only symbolic ref.)

Unless it is detached. :)