From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:38:37 GMT Subject: ref name troubles, was Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce % as shortcut to the tracked branch Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Hi, On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Just try this: > > $ git checkout -b %helloworld It gets worse. Much worse. Try this (triggered by a comment by Ilari on IRC): $ git checkout -b '@{1}' That _works_! WTH? Ciao, Dscho