Re: [PATCH v27 2/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 22, 2026, 23:14 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqsebxjl3h.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20260122224427.GB2107958@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> I don't know what all of it means. The "%s" thing was short to
> implement, but the real source of the extra complications is using
> repo_dwim_ref() to do the resolution. But I think the overall direction
> is more consistent with how the rest of Git behaves.

Yeah, I tend to agree. As long as we do not hardcode the prefixing of "refs/remotes/", we won't paint ourselves into a corner we cannot get out of, I guess.

Thanks.

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