Re: [PATCH 5/5] refs.c: make @ a pseudo-ref alias to HEAD

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On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> Does the user really cares if it's a pseudo-ref or not? Also, what
>> does it mean that "refers" to HEAD?
>
> It's not about whether the user cares or not; it's about saying it in
> a way that doesn't make it less precise.  I'm saying "@ is like a
> symbolic-ref .git/@ ref referring to HEAD, except it doesn't sit on
> the filesystem".

If I put my user shoes, I don't care how @ is implemented, I just care
that it's a shortcut for HEAD, that's what it means to me, the common
user.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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