From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 18:01:15 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] sha1_name: implement finding @{push}
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In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0=LXNRaWz0vN_FwmJKbXT+W11mHABqzSJnbm_izQ0Ttrw@mail.gmail.com>

Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:

> Duy Nguyen wrote:
>> Then "show @{p}" should show the tip commit of rr/master, not the ref
>> name.
>
> Yes, that is correct.
>
>> rev-parse (with an option, maybe) may be a better place for
>> this.
>
> Er, no.  I actually want things like diff @{p}..HEAD.  I want it to be
> a first-class revision, just like @{u}.

I think Duy's suggestion makes perfect sense; rev-parse already has
a mechanism to expand @{u} to the full name, so if you are hooking
into the same codepath as @{u} to implement the "I publish there"
information, which I think you should, you already should have it
for free.