Re: [PATCH] Add new @ shortcut for HEAD
From: Duy Nguyen <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:57:04
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:35 AM, Felipe Contreras [off-list ref] wrote:
So we can type '@' instead of 'HEAD@', or rather 'HEAD'. So now we can use 'git show @~1', and all that goody goodness.
I like this. I haven't spent a lot of time on thinking about ambiguation. But I think we're safe there. '@' is not overloaded much like ':', '^' or '~'.
This patch allows 'HEAD@' to be the same as 'HEAD@{0}', and similarly with
'master@'.
I'm a bit reluctant to this. It looks like incomplete syntax to me as
'@' has always been followed by '{'. Can we have the lone '@' candy
but reject master@ and HEAD@? There's no actual gain in writing
master@ vs master@{0}.
+'@':: + '@' alone is a shortcut for 'HEAD' +
And this does not explain about HEAD@ or master@. But because I prefer the candy part only. This documentation part looks good :) -- Duy