From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:40:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add new @ shortcut for HEAD
Message-ID: <CALkWK0=GbhALxX0G-ka5oAbixoJv4uKPHAx5LPezgTyGxW_3MQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vppxcdjd1.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> If you accept only "@" but not "master@", that behaviour needs a
> wrong world model to understand and justify (one of which is "@ is a
> synonym for HEAD").  If your rule is "In $anything@{$n}, you can
> drop {$n} when $n==0", then HEAD@{0} becomes HEAD@ and master@{0}
> becomes master@, and @{0} becomes @ naturally.

Besides, you're going in the wrong direction this time.  You are
trying to fit an explanation to something that is useless.  How is
master@ useful?