Junio C Hamano wrote: > How else would you explain why "rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @" > does not make sense It does make sense. (Try it with my patch) [*1*] > and "update-ref @" does not update HEAD? Why should update-ref update HEAD? I'm asking it to update the symbolic-ref override .git/@. [Footnote] *1* I made a mistake in the commit message when I said that git symbolic-ref @ HEAD had the exact same effect. -- 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