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Re: Differences between git show HEAD and git show head

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 17, 2018, 13:23 UTC
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On Mon, Sep 17 2018, Nikola Milekic wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Windows, when using multiple workspaces and git 2.19.0.windows.1,
> 'git show HEAD' and 'git show head' return different results when
> executed from a secondary workspace (the one without the .git
> directory).
>
> 'git show HEAD' shows the HEAD of the current workspace, while git
> show head shows the HEAD of the main workspace (the one with the .git
> directory). I find this to be highly misleading, especially for users
> like myself who are not used to typing HEAD in all caps. Is this
> indented behavior or a bug?

This is an outstanding bug in git that's tricky to solve (maybe you're interested!), here's a recent discussion about it: https://public-inbox.org/git/87ziclb2pa.fsf@gmail.com/

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