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Re: [PATCH] Document and test the new % shotcut for the tracked branch

From
Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Mar 20, 2009, 11:16 UTC
Message-ID
<20090320111656.GA8940@machine.or.cz>
In-Reply-To
<alpine.DEB.1.00.0903201128380.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
  Hi!
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 11:31:31AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> I had it ready yesterday!  But the real problem is not addressed by your 
> patch, either: '%<branch>' is a legal branch name.
> 
> I briefly considered <branch>^{tracked}, but
> 
> - the ^{} codepath does not try to substitute branch _names_, so we'd have 
>   to duplicate that ^{} detection, and,
> 
> - it is really cumbersome to write.

We already have @{N} to do one branch-based substitution, so what about following this convention? Can't we have @{t}?

				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Previous: Michael J GruberNext: Johannes Schindelin
Message 28 of 61 in “Re: Git {log,diff} against tracked branch?”
  1. Petr BaudisMar 18, 2009
  2. Introduce %<branch> as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Mar 18, 2009
  3. Andreas GruenbacherMar 18, 2009
  4. Introduce %<branch> as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Mar 18, 2009
  5. Andreas GruenbacherMar 18, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinMar 18, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2009
  8. Johannes SchindelinMar 18, 2009
  9. Michael J GruberMar 19, 2009
  10. Michael J GruberMar 19, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  12. ref name troubles, was Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce %<branch> as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Mar 20, 2009
  13. Shawn O. PearceMar 20, 2009
  14. Shawn O. PearceMar 20, 2009
  15. Sverre RabbelierMar 20, 2009
  16. Introduce BEL<branch> as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Mar 20, 2009
  17. Wincent ColaiutaMar 20, 2009
  18. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  19. Santi BéjarMar 20, 2009
  20. Andreas GruenbacherMar 20, 2009
  21. Matthieu MoyMar 20, 2009
  22. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  23. Mikael MagnussonMar 20, 2009
  24. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  25. Document and test the new % shotcut for the tracked branchMichael J Gruber, Mar 20, 2009
  26. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  27. Michael J GruberMar 20, 2009
  28. Petr BaudisMar 20, 2009
  29. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  30. Petr BaudisMar 22, 2009
  31. Michael J GruberMar 20, 2009
  32. Introduce %<branch> as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Mar 20, 2009
  33. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2009
  34. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  35. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2009
  36. Jeff KingMar 20, 2009
  37. Julian PhillipsMar 20, 2009
  38. Jeff KingMar 20, 2009
  39. Julian PhillipsMar 20, 2009
  40. Sverre RabbelierMar 20, 2009
  41. Julian PhillipsMar 20, 2009
  42. Sverre RabbelierMar 20, 2009
  43. Andreas GruenbacherMar 21, 2009
  44. Miles BaderMar 21, 2009
  45. Julian PhillipsMar 21, 2009
  46. Julian PhillipsMar 21, 2009
  47. Björn SteinbrinkMar 20, 2009
  48. Jeff KingMar 20, 2009
  49. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2009
  50. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  51. Petr BaudisMar 20, 2009
  52. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  53. Petr BaudisMar 20, 2009
  54. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  55. Michael J GruberMar 20, 2009
  56. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  57. Michael J GruberMar 20, 2009
  58. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2009
  59. Daniel BarkalowMar 20, 2009
  60. Johannes SchindelinMar 20, 2009
  61. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2009

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