Re: [PATCH v4] Introduce %<branch> as shortcut to the tracked branch
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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
- Date
- Mar 20, 2009, 23:45 UTC
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- <fabb9a1e0903201645n29256fbav7fc0bde4c5cc05e7@mail.gmail.com>
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- <alpine.LNX.2.00.0903202324170.13726@reaper.quantumfyre.co.uk>
Heya,
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 00:41, Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk> wrote:
> To use the new syntax you type %master only. What I was proposing was a way > to get at the branch that you had before the wizzy new feature was added. > Something you only do once to rename it - why waste an easy to type > sequence on that?
Oooooh, sorry, I totally understood your suggestion the wrong way around! In that case, I like it! :)
> I agree that adding some more reserved characters is a reasonable way > forward - but I think a way should be provided for people who are _already_ > using those characters to rename their branches to something that avoids > those characters in a simple (but not necessarily easy to type) way.
Your suggestion on how to escape the DWIMery sounds sane to me :).
-- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier