From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 22:56:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Add new @ shortcut for HEAD
Message-ID: <7v8v3y48cl.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vsj264am4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> The thing is, HEAD@{0}~0^0 nor HEAD@{u}~0^0 is not a valid
> explanation why it is "@", either.
>
> But that does _not_ mean "@" is a good choice.  Nor the explanation

Arrgh.  It does not mean " '@' is a BAD choice ".  '@' _is_ good.
But the point is that the explanation does not have to be a
technically incorrect "strip this, strip that".