I understand that the git reset command moves a branch backwards in the history (*), and that the branch it moves is the one that HEAD is pointing to.
So I got curious and I tried to call it in a detached HEAD state to see what would happen. I was expecting error but git did something, and I'm just unable to figure out what it did.
Did Git acted like HEAD was still pointing to where it was before I checked out and went into the detached HEAD state ?
[ Edit 1 ] I actually figured it out. It does exactly the same as when one is not in a detached head state, except that it doesnt move any branch backward. It's only the
[ Edit 2(*) ] The git reset actually only moves a branch backward in history when specifying an older commit. When doing git reset HEAD, it leaves the branch where it is (see comments below).
git reset makes the current branch and HEAD move to a specific commit. If it's a detached HEAD, it makes only HEAD move.