From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:49:48 GMT
Subject: Re: Annoyance wrt ref@{1} and reflog expiry
Message-ID: <xmqqblleg1z7.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200619203639.i5jto4i52ptsihrs@glandium.org>

Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> writes:

>> Or we could change the lookup side to use the value of the ref
>> itself when asked for @{0}, and use the "old" side of the only entry
>> when asked for @{1}.  That way, we do not need to play games with an
>> artificial entry at all, which may be a better solution.
>
> Or more generally, use the old side from @{n} when asked for @{n+1} when
> there are only n entries in the reflog.

Yup, I agree that it is the natural consequence.