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Re: Should `@` be really a valid git tag name?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 17, 2021, 23:06 UTC
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Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com> writes:
> I was leaning towards something like that plus a Documentation update, but
> noticed that the current behaviour was inconsistent, and the confusion
> pointed out by Junio seems to indicate it is better if fully restricted.

That is a bad move, as existing repositories may have a ref with such a name.

If we tighten anything retroactively, we probably should forgid '@' short-hand that stands for HEAD, I would think.

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