what would you call a git commit that can no longer be reached from any branch or reference (for example because you ran `git commit --amend` or `git rebase`), but that you can still get to from `git reflog`?

I've considered "orphan", "dangling", and "unreachable" but none of these seem right:

- orphan has another meaning in git

- dangling only refers to the "tip" commits

- "unreachable" means that you can't reach it at all

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Why dangling has to only refer to the tip?

Why can't they be considered orphans? I understand orphan as "branchless"