> On 21 Feb 2022, at 20:20, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 21 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>>> Continuing the "thinking aloud" a bit, I _think_ this tells us these
>>>> things:
>>>>
>>>> * @{-1} has way too many letters to type to be liked by users, who
>>>> won't learn or remember what they do not appreciate (and do not
>>>> blame them---it is a bad notation).
+1
>>>> * @{-<n>} may have been a generalized way that satisfied geeky mind
>>>> while being implemented, but the users only need the "last one"
>>>> and no such generalization.
That harmonises with my usage.
> FWIW I often use @{-2}, @{-3} or equivalent, but never @{-28} or
> whatever.
Ditto; I mostly (at least 95% of the time) only use @{-1}. I've used other
small indices sporadically, but never a two-digit index.
> I think we should be careful to squat on namespaces needlessly, but if
> we can't think of a reason for why we wouldn't make typing some of these
> shortcuts easier...
IMO, it's not a shortcut if it's a hassle to type ;)
IIRC, the GitHub "Git Highlights" Blog has promoted the '-' trick every now and then.
> I haven't hacked it up (and won't any time soon), Erlend: are you interested? :)
There's a lot of suggestions floating around now, but sure, I'd be happy to give one of
them a go; at least as a proof-of-concept :)
Erlend
