Re: [PATCH v4] Introduce %<branch> as shortcut to the tracked branch

Heya,

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 00:08, Julian Phillips [off-list ref] wrote:

 git branch -m "'%master" percent-master

Which kinda defeats the purpose of having a short-and-easy-to-write
refname, no? "'%master" is not that easy to type, I at least get my
fingers mixed up in the "'% sequence. Perhaps we should reserve these
special characters now, and deprecate their use? Junio seemed to be
open to that (quoted below)...

Just be honest and say "You may have a branch whose name begins with a '%'
and you cannot refer to it anymore in certain contexts.  Too bad.  Don't
do it next time you create a new branch".  I _can_ buy that argument.

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier