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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Teach @{-1} to git merge

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DMDeskin Miller <deskinm@gmail.com>
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Feb 27, 2009, 04:27 UTC
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On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 17:52, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> I scanned command-list.txt briefly, and could verify (by testing rather
> than code inspection) that
>
> - bundle works as expected (thanks to dwim_ref()),
>
> - fast-export (like bundle, dwim_ref() makes it work),
>
> - so does filter-branch, thanks to rev-parse --symbolic-full-name
>  resolving @{-<n>} correctly,
>
> - log and reflog also substitute @{-<n>} by the branch name,
>
> - update-ref does _not_ interpret @{-<n>} as the branch name (which I
>  find okay, as update-ref is plumbing), but instead creates the file
>  '.git/@{-<n>}' (which I think is a bug).
>

I did 'git branch -M @{-1}' yesterday and ended up renaming my branch to refs/heads/@{-1}. Personally my usage felt like it should work (but of course I think that); curious to know what others think, if this is a bug.

Deskin Miller
Previous: Johannes SchindelinNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 17 of 21 in “teach the new "@{-1} syntax to "git branch"”
  1. teach the new "@{-1} syntax to "git branch"Junio C Hamano, Feb 14, 2009
  2. Jay SoffianFeb 14, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2009
  4. 1/2 Teach the "@{-1} syntax to "git branch"Junio C Hamano, Feb 14, 2009
  5. 2/2 Teach @{-1} to git mergeJunio C Hamano, Feb 14, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 14, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  9. Nanako ShiraishiFeb 15, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  14. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2009
  16. Johannes SchindelinFeb 26, 2009
  17. Deskin MillerFeb 27, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2009
  19. git-branch: a detached HEAD and branch called HEAD are differentJunio C Hamano, Feb 27, 2009
  20. "git branch -M @{-1}"Junio C Hamano, Feb 27, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2009

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