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Re: [PATCH v3] Add new @ shortcut for HEAD

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 1, 2013, 22:59 UTC
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Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
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> Exactly, because ref@something is used for operations on a ref. If
> 'ref' is missing, it only makes sense to use HEAD (or something like
> that), and if 'something' is missing, it only makes sense to make it a
> no-op, but since we don't want to forbid refs with names like
> 'master@'. That's the reason why '@' makes sense, and not any other
> character.

Yes. My typo made it look as if I meant to say '@' was a bad choice, but we are in agreement that '@' is better than any other random choice of single punctuation letter.

It is just the "strip this, strip that" explanation, which is not technically correct, does _not_ have to be our justification for picking '@' as a short-hand for HEAD.

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  1. Add new @ shortcut for HEADFelipe Contreras, May 1, 2013
  2. Eric SunshineMay 1, 2013
  3. Thomas AdamMay 1, 2013
  4. "lets" vs. "let's" (was: Re: [PATCH v3] Add new @ shortcut for HEAD)Marc Branchaud, May 1, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2013
  7. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2013
  9. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2013
  11. Felipe ContrerasMay 1, 2013
  12. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2013
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