Re: [PATCH 1/5] t1508 (at-combinations): more tests; document failures

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 2, 2013, 17:08 UTC
Message-ID: <CAMP44s2suBKMxKTPsOC15PxNrVZKCxDVz=0aaYc2v5h-DMHKRg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0nqoffHD3mfRqzanEuh4yG-cCO-YBGw8ApnG2uLKJaenw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
>> HEAD has been special right from the start, and we cannot elevate
>> anything else to its status now.
>
> As to why I agree with you: I audited the callers of branch_get() and
> found out there are some things that cannot be fixed just by fixing
> branch_get():
>
> For instance, 'git fetch origin M' will not work, and it's not
> branch_get()'s fault.  And that is just one instance: there are tons
> of other instances; and going and changing each one of them will take
> forever, and totally not be worth the pain.

We probably should fix those, but that is orthogonal to the '@' shortcut.

We can have the '@' shortcut *today*, with minimal changes to the code and the documentation, in a limited and understood scope, with no surprises.

We can fix the symbolic ref stuff slowly, step by step, no need to delay the '@' shortcut for that.

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Felipe Contreras