From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7981320C11 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2017 02:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753400AbdK1Cdx (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:33:53 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:65200 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753285AbdK1Cdw (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:33:52 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6970AA3F50; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:33:52 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=facYROR6VEM1Cu3Kqog0XC090vI=; b=IYFpp9 WkkXZhe+gX10BxIoPosWPqk6N08Ug+B8U8u4D/Q8N0XpqaBzQAtQl0CFkasU/sFG g1qLelpcdqqNklrQsVfdCFPajN1C/oB+22aIV4U/1tOqQIYoTOuCbtcgqakQeHeC io5OsGh16Tx9NxqTkS3FdoCMq+Y4qrsfmXsn8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=I/SHry8r91VAe818Zk8pXujmx3QOmboW Ts68+EQwKKzrvyzyUL13oBKNlwS7gNmob6eUpThmj7EHWYLxTX7CgD9hh1JZ+szE /TFeM4C8oNUpmqmZdF6evJEdiwEMipGsJsONfqYQvIODaVhGidHBwTtI6im4B/aX hUl4l9seRAk= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6097FA3F4F; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:33:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D115CA3F4E; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:33:51 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Kaartic Sivaraam Cc: Git mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Doc/checkout: checking out using @{-N} can lead to detached state References: <20171127172834.6396-1-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:33:50 +0900 In-Reply-To: <20171127172834.6396-1-kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> (Kaartic Sivaraam's message of "Mon, 27 Nov 2017 22:58:33 +0530") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 924E8282-D3E4-11E7-A515-575F0C78B957-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Kaartic Sivaraam writes: > any branch (see below for details). > + > -As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch/commit > -checks out branches (instead of detaching). You may also specify > -`-` which is synonymous with `"@{-1}"`. > +You can use the `"@{-N}"` syntax to refer to the N-th last > +branch/commit checked out using "git checkout" operation. You may > +also specify `-` which is synonymous to `"@{-1}`. > + > -As a further special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the > +As a special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the > merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can > leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`. Looks sensible. Will queue. Thanks.