Hi,
On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Santi Béjar wrote:
> 2009/3/20 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx>:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
> >
> >> El 20/3/2009, a las 10:29, Johannes Schindelin escribió:
> >>
> >> >Often, it is quite interesting to inspect the branch tracked by a
> >> >given branch. This patch introduces a nice notation to get at the
> >> >tracked branch: 'BEL<branch>' can be used to access that tracked
> >> >branch.
> >> >
> >> >A special shortcut 'BEL' refers to the branch tracked by the current
> >> >branch.
> >> >
> >> >Suggested by Pasky and Shawn.
> >>
> >> What does BEL actually stand for? I read Shawn's suggestion, but it's
> >> not immediately clear to me what "BEL" means.
> >
> > It is the ASCII "bell" character, 007 (I always wanted to write that
> > magic identifier into a patch).
> >
> > FWIW you could type it in a regular ANSI terminal using Control-v
> > Control-g.
>
> Can we use branch^{origin} instead? It is longer to type, but uses the
> same syntax as the ^{tree}, ^{commit}, ^{tag} and you don't have to know
> how to produce the bell character.
I think I addressed that issue already. (Summary: I do not like it)
Let me spell it out if it was not obvious yet: the BEL patch was meant as
a more or less funny reminder that the issue is not solved and that I need
help.
Ciao,
Dscho
