From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:23:55 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC/largely untested/PATCH] sha1_name: interpret ~n as HEAD~n
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=7_-TF63Y9MRHZ_XirSUD6RAC9kw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110429223433.GA3434@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Heya,

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 00:34, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> So there really isn't a lot of consistency, I guess.  It also conflicts
> a little with the shell's "~user" syntax, though presumably you don't
> have users named "1" and "2".

FWIW, I like the patch, mainly because I dislike typing HEAD~n (I
usually mispel it as HEA~n) and agree with peff's analysis, we're such
a long way from being any form of consistent that I don't see this
breaking any user expectations.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier