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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Michal Aron <aronmgv@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Feature Request - GIT config - Reference value of init.defaultBranch in alias
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 08:21:01 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqbkmlcln6.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHoQa4-o-=pB4zPR-1SG96KB02rixQG23mFgh0H9ojWrQ_pREg@mail.gmail.com> (Michal Aron's message of "Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:33:20 +0100")

Michal Aron <aronmgv@gmail.com> writes:

> 1) global config having init.defaultBranch = master
> 2) global config having alias com = checkout [ init.defaultBranch ]

I do not think it is a good idea to special case just a single
configuration variable and come up with a special syntax to refer to
it.

Isn't

  [alias]
	com = !git checkout $(git config init.defaultBranch)

sufficient?

      reply	other threads:[~2023-01-26 16:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-26  9:33 Feature Request - GIT config - Reference value of init.defaultBranch in alias Michal Aron
2023-01-26 16:21 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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