I'm learning Git and reading the Pro Git book. The term "branch tip" is used sometimes in the book and also here on Stack Overflow, but I can't find the meaning of it.
A branch tip is the last commit or most recent commit on a branch. Basically it points to the most up to date code in the branch.
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Using an image from the Pro Git book to illustrate:
master, hotfix and iss53 are all "branch tips" here. Kevin's answer is correct, but this might be easier to understand for beginners.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16080342/what-is-a-branch-tip-in-git