Re: git-rev-parse --symbolic-abbrev-name

Karl Chen [off-list ref] writes:

... you really think "branchfoo" instead of
"refs/heads/branchfoo" is a narrow special case?

Of course it is narrower.  There are namespaces other than "heads" under
refs, and not everybody is interested in branches.

obviously all those people posting on blogs don't know about it :)

Yes, and that won't be helped by any new option to the plumbing.

The above two does not necessarily mean that it is useless to add a new
option to help a narrow special case that is common, though.