From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:24:14 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add new @ shortcut for HEAD
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In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s3ghzcfTthEEYZgr7ydJFUeA5xKyAxgR1JUYVtWG7f=qg@mail.gmail.com>

Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:

> But @ is not used just for reflogs, there's @{now}, @{-1}, @{upstream}.

True.  @{now} is a reflog, @{-1} is also but @{u} is not.  It is a
kitchen sink and you shouldn't have to have reflog on a branch in
order to use @{upstream} (I didn't check---I wouldn't be surprised
if the code for @{u} is buggy and barfed).