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Re: Notation for current branch?

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Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 29, 2016, 06:39 UTC
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 6:56 AM, Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> W dniu 28.08.2016 o 12:51, Kevin Daudt pisze:
>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 05:58:18PM +0800, ryenus wrote:
>
>>> I wonder if there's an easy to use notation to refer to the current branch?
>>> which is expected be friendly to scripting.
>>>
>>> For HEAD, there's @, which is short and concise.
>
> What's wrong with simply using 'HEAD' for scripting?
>

When you want to display the current branch to the user, e.g. when scripting a shell prompt or similar use

Thanks, Jake

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Message 4 of 9 in “Notation for current branch?”
  1. ryenusAug 28, 2016
  2. Kevin DaudtAug 28, 2016
  3. Jakub NarębskiAug 28, 2016
  4. Jacob KellerAug 29, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2016
  6. Jacob KellerAug 29, 2016
  7. ryenusSep 1, 2016
  8. ryenusAug 30, 2016
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2016

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