I would not have started this blog if I was afraid to look stupid in public. Here is my latest attempt:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38437946/how-can-a-one-entry-git-repo-be-in-detached-head-status
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User torek of StackOverflow distills the complexity into one excellent sentence:
“The precise definition of the “detached HEAD” state is that the name HEAD becomes a pointer to a specific commit ID, rather than containing a branch name.”
Makes sense to me. Thanks, torek!