Re: git-rev-parse --symbolic-abbrev-name

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Karl Chen <quarl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> ... you really think "branchfoo" instead of
> "refs/heads/branchfoo" is a narrow special case?

Of course it is narrower.  There are namespaces other than "heads" under
refs, and not everybody is interested in branches.

> obviously all those people posting on blogs don't know about it :)

Yes, and that won't be helped by any new option to the plumbing.

The above two does not necessarily mean that it is useless to add a new
option to help a narrow special case that is common, though.

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