On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:08:20AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote: > e.g., "git diff REMOTE_BRANCH" to see what updates are pending if I > merge... Also, it would be nice to have a more concise way to say > "git merge REMOTE_BRANCH". > > I'm not sure "-" seems like the best syntax though... maybe it's a bit > _too_ short. > > [Is there a general standard syntax for "keywords" in git, e.g., to > distinguish them from branch/rev names? I mean, if the standard syntax > were "@foo", then one could imagine "git diff @remote" or something.] I think all-caps is the closest we get. E.g., you probably don't want to name a branch MERGE_HEAD, ORIG_HEAD, FETCH_HEAD, etc. But it's purely advisory; you _can_ make such branches and then deal with the ensuing "ambiguous ref" messages. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
