Re: [PATCH 3/3] prevent HEAD reflog to be interpreted as current branch reflog

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Lars Hjemli wrote:

quoted

I think the following makes perfect sense:

 "HEAD@{yesterday}" = current branch, yesterday
 "@{yesterday}"     = detached head (no branch), yesterday

Okay, so you say "HEAD@{yesterday}" does _not_ give you what HEAD pointed 
to yesterday, but "@{yesterday}" does?

Instead "HEAD@{yesterday}" looks up what HEAD points to _now_, and _then_ 
goes back to yesterday, finding out what that particular branch pointed to 
then, _regardless_ what HEAD was then?

Oh my, that's convoluted.

Depends on your point of view:

  HEAD: 1) noun.  Synonym for the branch I am currently on.
  HEAD: 2) noun.  Synonym for the commit I am currently on.

Now that we can detach our HEAD anytime we want, I'm in the
latter camp, and your (Dscho's) meaning for HEAD@{yesterday} and
@{yesterday} makes perfect sense.

But I suspect most Git users are still in the former camp, as they
haven't been exposed to the process (or need, or desire) to detach
their HEAD...

-- 
Shawn.