Re: ref name troubles, was Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce %<branch> as shortcut to the tracked branch

From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date: Mar 20, 2009, 15:12 UTC
Message-ID: <49C3B273.4080402@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0903201600500.6865@intel-tinevez-2-302>

Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 20.03.2009 16:01:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> 
>> Do we have ^ as a prefix yet?
> 
> Yes, it means "not".  IOW '^bla blub' is the same as 'bla..blub'.

Oh yes, I forgot. commit specifiers and ranges are in different sections in git-rev-parse.1.

>> Also, I don't think people would use @@ much in branch names.
> 
> Whoa...

We already have ^! and ^@ (I didn't know).

While someone may have a branch like "@junio" I think doubled special characters are uncommon. Except for that topic branch /&$%$%§$%&/) for a really nasty bug.

Of course, if @@ refers to a tracked branch which follows another branch, then @@@@...

Michael