Re: [PATCH] revisions: add @{default} shorthand for default branch

>
> > I don't really understand what you're trying to achieve and I'm not sure
> > if the suggestion above is a good idea but it might help understand what
> > it is you're trying to do.
> I didn't realize I was so bad at explaining 😅
>
> What I want is a shorthand for switching to the local version of the
> default branch of the repo. This but with less voodoo:
>
>     git switch $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref $(git remote | rg '^(origin|upstream)$' | tail -n1) | sed 's@.*/@@')
>
>
> > you say you don't work directly on the main branch but then later on
> > you're then creating a release from it. Is  "main" just a mirror of
> > "origin/main" or are you merging local work into it as well?
>
> My main is a mirror of upstream/main. I never commit to it, just do
> 'git pull' to create releases.
>
> Also, I switch to it when I discover a bug on my branch, to try to
> understand if the bug is already on main or not. It's the baseline all work
> is compared against.
>
> >>      99designs/gqlgen
> >>      refs/remotes/upstream/master
> >>
> >>      amplitude/experiment-react-native-client
> >>      refs/remotes/upstream/main
> >>
> >>      Antonboom/testifylint
> >>      refs/remotes/upstream/master
> >>
> >>      cli/cli
> >>      refs/remotes/upstream/trunk
>
> I want a shorthand so that when in any of these repos, I'm switching to the
> default branch, I simply have to run
>
>     git switch @{primary}
>
> and I would end up with
>
>       99designs/gqlgen
>       Switched to branch 'master'
>
>       amplitude/experiment-react-native-client
>       Switched to branch 'main'
>
>       Antonboom/testifylint
>       Switched to branch 'main'
>
>       cli/cli
>       Switched to branch 'trunk'
>
>
> Harald