From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 094301FB0B for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 22:23:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727042AbgLDWVo (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2020 17:21:44 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:54162 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726740AbgLDWVo (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2020 17:21:44 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-x444.google.com (mail-wr1-x444.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::444]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41050C0613D1 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 14:21:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wr1-x444.google.com with SMTP id l1so6736904wrb.9 for ; Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:21:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=FtG79xzKltXRCSX+EL9NyC19iqVSM0ZrnCNRmy9WQM8=; b=O1SgZdL50X5eM4A1qC+BQQDY7C8106jeZZeqaDwoNTZQXlPySWJaccsRnmkO7Wa0tn k8pcvr562fbcmAPQ0hFey39BsApF81fVmDrq3lREUuQrhCiAfrlxenSxdDFRZE0Ks1g9 yuXszbpSMRL5pV1ZzRhu+68IDdIU3faTojiabYUAagWDelqk3V4V+lzpC7urjiwqiMjb Yd4dwxvlysi7zXoTjhsdxdWrH1pgrgGEc8ncJzwqkZ8JgPGl73OzpqSqm1FUucok/I3f 8JyfSw6e6PqueJA6j2tQakKHZV81xE3COzv9eUz7kYLOV/casFU27DfU+9jE++/Hx3Y7 NE4A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=FtG79xzKltXRCSX+EL9NyC19iqVSM0ZrnCNRmy9WQM8=; b=F86vudxB3t1QEToLt+e+McGc+Acicbvao5J8HtpkkZOCtmdjsVIUHFaIJjFqS5WfQH 6akwAFUIVCXf0BgWBkU0stTKyoWrzR2zYNmwRkoIA/TTuDD6ldoWptBFCnGONvcQh/FS DgKaBYBsjnlGBeBF+SGNL+XkO6hJWzH/4KdwSByRSXRmHWjVTPQR+FH5fVbKxY5Luo+j cZmqERdOA5boQixCr/Eek+kmbSjBHFNPzsA9TbhU8jVDtCGT6rJgB8N7W3c4sW06fV62 Cw6z6AlI1x23S347STDNjCMNuTzwULpxwSxKbSoH/gkgOVjjCtfj9vCa3yG2Dv2JOnmL Tjgw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533/aGuIv+7OiELPkufmhrHwYAoiQYDg+gmIpyIzN+VKCoEBKa3I qj0owH9suWhjX+ctsFi+5MhMLMajnqjZG34j2Q8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz0yf9oSl9r0Yl14X9TuKBDW3u4TsQwpxLZUWDTj2so2GyjyjgDTIu2JzOsG+UWD0vhFr9U+8jNEpBGZGKA9h0= X-Received: by 2002:a5d:474f:: with SMTP id o15mr7406636wrs.100.1607120462988; Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:21:02 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20201122164641.2091160-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Felipe Contreras Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 16:20:52 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] refspec: make @ a valid refspec To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Jeff King , Git , Brandon Williams , Jacob Keller Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hello, On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 6:09 PM Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 4:45 PM Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Felipe Contreras writes: > > > Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. > > > > Using "@" is rather "illogical" than "ugly", and at that point it is > > not so subjective. > > I disagree. This is not an attempt to reignite the discussion, but just something that might be of interest. I created a poll [1] in reddit's r/git: Do you know @ is a shortcut for HEAD? 403 people gave a useful response. Of those; 74% didn't know such a shortcut existed, 80% liked this shortcut. But more importantly: 59% did like the shortcut, but didn't know it existed. That is: of the people that liked the shortcut; 74% didn't know it existed. This tells us something: putting personal preferences aside; the Git project doesn't seem to be doing a great job of advertising its features. Features a good chunk--if not the overwhelming majority--of users might like. Other things of interest in the comments: one user didn't even know what HEAD was, another used "head" (lowercase) (macOS user), and lastly; the second most voted comment did take a shot at Git's known unintuitiveness. That's it. Just putting it here. Cheers. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/git/comments/k15cqm/do_you_know_is_a_shortcut_for_head/ -- Felipe Contreras