From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:30:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] refspec: make @ a valid refspec
Message-ID: <xmqqft4ygtvl.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+P7+xp_iTnkdbWoDSRZustvjk5BRJOPD=snae8D1Fe_uXqO7g@mail.gmail.com>

Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:

> Of course I agree that "@ == HEAD" can't be used to go *backwards*
> through that logic at all. But if you're moving forwards through it,
> then "@" on its own can make sense as HEAD, but only as an implication
> of "the most recent version of the current branch can't be anything
> else"

I'd rather put the lame excuses behind and accept that we ended up
with an ugly and illogical synonym that ;-)

And making it consistently available in places where HEAD is
accepted is a good thing.  Depending on the keyboard, it may be
easy to type, too.