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Re: [PATCH 5/9] t1508 (at-combinations): document @{N} versus HEAD@{N}

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
May 2, 2013, 17:38 UTC
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Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> +# Document differences between @{N} and HEAD@{N}.
>
> That's enough explanation, except that we not documenting them, we are
> testing them.

The difference is subtle, and I couldn't find this documented clearly anywhere else. If someone comes asking what the difference is, just point to this comment along with the tests.

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Message 14 of 24 in “A natural solution to the @ -> HEAD problem”
  1. 0/9 A natural solution to the @ -> HEAD problemRamkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  2. 1/9 t1508 (at-combinations): simplify setupRamkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  3. 2/9 t1508 (at-combinations): test branches separatelyRamkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  4. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  6. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  7. 3/9 t1508 (at-combinations): improve nonsense()Ramkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  8. 4/9 t1508 (at-combinations): increase coverageRamkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  9. Eric SunshineMay 2, 2013
  10. 5/9 t1508 (at-combinations): document @{N} versus HEAD@{N}Ramkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  11. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  12. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  13. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  14. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  15. 6/9 t1508 (at-combinations): test with symbolic refsRamkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  16. 7/9 remote.c: teach branch_get() to treat symrefs other than HEADRamkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  17. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  18. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  19. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  20. 8/9 sha1_name.c: fix @-parsing bug in interpret_branch_name()Ramkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  21. 9/9 refs.c: make @ a pseudo-ref alias to HEADRamkumar Ramachandra, May 2, 2013
  22. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013
  23. Felipe ContrerasMay 2, 2013
  24. Ramkumar RamachandraMay 2, 2013

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