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[85.24.230.197]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 38308e7fff4ca-385d9fae8c9sm1315721fa.9.2026.01.22.12.56.32 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 bits=256/256); Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:56:32 -0800 (PST) From: Harald Nordgren To: gitster@pobox.com Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitgitgadget@gmail.com, haraldnordgren@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v27 2/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:56:32 +0100 Message-ID: <20260122205632.80273-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.52.0 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > For example, writing "v2.52.0" there to see how far we came since > the last release would become impossible if we always force prepend > "refs/remotes/". I wonder if we can reuse already existing DWIMmery > that uses refs.c::ref_rev_parse_rules[], which should allow such use > case, while still allowing you to write "origin/master"? Sounds like a follow-up rather of doing now, right? 🤗 Since the inteface won't change, just adding more functionality a new feature, we should be able to fix this behind the scenes later. Harald