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Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:

> Of course I agree that "@ == HEAD" can't be used to go *backwards*
> through that logic at all. But if you're moving forwards through it,
> then "@" on its own can make sense as HEAD, but only as an implication
> of "the most recent version of the current branch can't be anything
> else"

I'd rather put the lame excuses behind and accept that we ended up
with an ugly and illogical synonym that ;-)

And making it consistently available in places where HEAD is
accepted is a good thing.  Depending on the keyboard, it may be
easy to type, too.