> Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> "git symbolic-ref" seems like the right thing if you need to obtain
> the current branch name, and there's no reason to not just use HEAD
> there.
Really? Any reason why `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref '@{-1}'` works,
but not `git symbolic-ref '@{-1}'`, or even `git symbolic-ref @`?
BTW, possible to make the curly brances optional in `@{n}`, `@{-n}`,
and the alike? coz they require quoting/escaping, and more typing :(