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Re: tracking branch for a rebase

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Sep 7, 2009, 09:06 UTC
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Jeff King venit, vidit, dixit 07.09.2009 10:44:
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> On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 01:25:38AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
>>> @{^}
>> 
>> This _could_ work, although it is rather cryptic.
> 
> But an identifier composed entirely of punctuation? It might help
> git catch on with perl programmers. ;)

Right, that was the true agenda hidden only partially behind the plain association between ^ and up ;)

Michael (having exactly zero perl fu)

P.S.: @ may not be reserved, and neither @^, but 1.7 should allow us to reserve some symbols/combinations with a "low damage probability". People may have a@b refnames (git-svn users for sure), but @^?

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Message 12 of 39 in “tracking branch for a rebase”
  1. Pete WyckoffSep 4, 2009
  2. Michael J GruberSep 4, 2009
  3. Jeff KingSep 4, 2009
  4. Björn SteinbrinkSep 4, 2009
  5. Jeff KingSep 5, 2009
  6. Björn SteinbrinkSep 5, 2009
  7. Jeff KingSep 5, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  9. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  11. Jeff KingSep 7, 2009
  12. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2009
  13. Jeff KingSep 7, 2009
  14. Johannes SchindelinSep 7, 2009
  15. Michael J GruberSep 7, 2009
  16. Julian PhillipsSep 8, 2009
  17. Jeff KingSep 9, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2009
  19. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  20. Introduce <branch>@{tracked} as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2009
  21. Michael J GruberSep 10, 2009
  22. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  23. Johan HerlandSep 10, 2009
  24. Michael J GruberSep 10, 2009
  25. Johan HerlandSep 10, 2009
  26. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  27. Michael J GruberSep 10, 2009
  28. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  29. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2009
  30. Björn SteinbrinkOct 2, 2009
  31. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  32. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  33. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  34. Introduce <branch>@{upstream} as shortcut to the tracked branchJohannes Schindelin, Sep 10, 2009
  35. Jeff KingSep 10, 2009
  36. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  37. Johannes SchindelinSep 10, 2009
  38. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
  39. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2009

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