Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.6.2-rc1

From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 16, 2009, 17:02 UTC
Message-ID: <76718490902160902q50c0d730j4f18664455626b93@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7v8wo6bvn9.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> * @{-1} is a way to refer to the last branch you were on.  This is
>  accepted not only where an object name is expected, but anywhere
>  a branch name is expected and acts as if you typed the branch name.
>  E.g. "git branch --track mybranch @{-1}", "git merge @{-1}", and
>  "git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{-1}" would work as expected.

I always find explicit examples clearer, especially since you really have no idea what the reader expects. Some folks just have unreasonable expectations. :-)

So,

 master> git checkout next
   next> git branch --track mybranch @{-1}

Creates "mybranch" from master, *not from next*, correct?

Also, the "--track" option is an unnecessary distraction to the example, isn't it?

j.