Junio C Hamano wrote: > "git update-ref HEAD $commit" is accepted. If @ is a synonym for > HEAD, "git update-ref @ $commit" should work exactly the same way, > but is it desirable? > Would we have $GIT_DIR/@ as the result? How > about "git symbolic-ref"? Yes, it is a valid refname that can be overridden [*1*]. > Would @@{4} and HEAD@{4} be the same? No. Why should they? [Footnotes] *1*: In the current implementation, git update-ref fails. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html