Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] show-ref: introduce --branches and deprecate --heads

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 14, 2024, 21:21 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq7cerdxv4.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BH3ZozGnDueK=J4QvZMYZkS13Gk+0rhe+Dywqbx1F30DA@mail.gmail.com>

Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

> If we are renaming --heads to --branches, should --head also be renamed?

I do not think so. It is specifically about HEAD (the thing that lives above refs/ hierarchy, historically implemented as a file whose name is "HEAD" that is directly inside $GIT_DIR).

Thanks.

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