Re: [RFC PATCH] object-name: add @{upstreamhead} shorthand

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Oct 28, 2024, 05:33 UTC
Message-ID: <20241028053315.GA2827304@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <D56XI8GBH2GF.3MP02MGQGP5M@ferdinandy.com>

On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 11:07:07PM +0100, Bence Ferdinandy wrote:

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> >> I'd probably call the flag something like "--current", "--current-only" rather
> >> than "--is-head" though. "--is-head" sounds as if it would filter --list but
> >> not necessarily end up with a single entry.
> >
> > Yeah, I think --current would be fine.
> 
> I was looking through git branch and there is a --show-current option. I was
> wondering, would it not be better to teach --show-current to also obey
> --format? It would avoid having a "--current" that only works with "--list"
> besides having a "--show-current".

Yeah, that's perfect. I had almost suggested "--list-head" originally, but I didn't want to introduce yet another major-mode to git-branch. But if we already have it, that's not a problem. :)

And the patch should be quite short, I'd think.

-Peff