On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 5:14 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > However, @{0} *does* refer to what is currently checked out, which
> > would be head.. So in a sense @ meaning "the current branch" and
> > applying @{0} would always be HEAD, no?
>
> Not really.
>
> It happens to hold true for @{0}, because by definition you couldn't
> have been on a different branch than the current one when you made
> the topmost commit on the current branch. For @{1} and higher, it
> is always "where was the current branch at N commits ago?" which is
> different from "where was the HEAD at N commits ago?", unless you
> always use a single branch and never switch away.
But @{0} is always the same as HEAD@{0}, which is always the same as @.
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Felipe Contreras
