On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > Why not introduce a flag to "git log" that shows a keyboard-friendly name > similar to what `git name-rev` would have said, except that the name would > be generated using the name(s) specified on the command-line? > > Example: > > git log 8923d2d0 upstream/pu > > commit 8923d2d00192ceb1107078484cccf537cb51c1b5 (8923d2d0) > ... > commit 9f500d6cf5eaa49391d6deca85fc864e5bd23415 (8923d2d0^) > ... > commit f79c24a291a58845b08cfec7573e22cc153693e1 (8923d2d0~2) > ... > commit c921c5bb63baaa16dc760de9549da55c8c89dc9c (upstream/pu) > ... > commit 16793ba6b6333ba0cdee1adb53d979c3fbdb17bc (upstream/pu^) > ... > > Granted, this is still a little more cumbersome to type than @h1, but > then, you can skip those round-robin games as well as the possibly > backwards-incompatible extension of the rev syntax. I mentioned name-rev a few paragraphs down. No, I want the sweet and short @h1 (or something like that). name-rev does not qualify. I don't feel comfortable typing 8923d2d0 without looking at the keyboard, and that's a lot of movement on the keyboard. upstream/pu is a bit better, but still very long (at least for me). Yes TAB-ing does help, but not enough. Then you'll get the dreadful "^2~1^3" dance. -- Duy