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Re: [RFC/largely untested/PATCH] sha1_name: interpret ~n as HEAD~n

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MMMikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
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May 7, 2011, 02:24 UTC
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On 30 April 2011 01:23, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.

Something I always set up in the skeleton dir ($prefix/share/git-core/templates) after installing git is echo 'ref: HEAD' > h it makes life so much easier :).

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Mikael Magnusson
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  1. sha1_name: interpret ~n as HEAD~nMichael J Gruber, Apr 29, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2011
  3. Michael J GruberMay 1, 2011
  4. Matthieu MoyMay 1, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2011
  6. Matthieu MoyMay 1, 2011
  7. Jeff KingApr 29, 2011
  8. Sverre RabbelierApr 29, 2011
  9. Mikael MagnussonMay 7, 2011
  10. Andreas SchwabApr 29, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2011
  12. Andreas SchwabApr 30, 2011
  13. Michael J GruberMay 2, 2011
  14. Michael J GruberMay 2, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 2, 2011
  16. Michael J GruberMay 2, 2011
  17. Matthieu MoyMay 2, 2011

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