From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 06:48:04 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Handle branch names with slashes
Message-ID: <7v64k6ea8r.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060516063541.GA11218@backpacker.hemma.treskal.com>

Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com> writes:

> Teach stgit to handle branch names with slashes in them; that is,
> branches living in a subdirectory of .git/refs/heads.
>
> I had to change the patch@branch/top command-line syntax to
> patch@branch%top, in order to get sane parsing. The /top variant is
> still available for repositories that have no slashy branches; it is
> disabled as soon as there exists at least one subdirectory of
> refs/heads. Preferably, this compatibility hack can be killed some
> time in the future.

I wonder if using double-slashes is an easier alternative to
type than '%', like "patch@branch//top".  That way, you do not
have to forbid per-cent sign in branch names.