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Ben Knoble" , Bence =?utf-8?B?Q3PDs2vDoXM=?= , git@vger.kernel.org, "Jeff King" Subject: Re: [Bug] Porcelain allows creation of '@' branch In-Reply-To: (Kristoffer Haugsbakk's message of "Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:21:40 +0200") References: <4e8d8b75-ddf4-4602-a2a8-26e5214c65f0@arm.com> <958622c0-e0a5-4e27-9815-cd1fff2ed111@app.fastmail.com> <2006115b-bcf2-486a-ac7a-681caae686b4@arm.com> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:52:48 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" writes: >> (Besides, the OP's grep also counts uses of >> @{upstream}/@{u}/@{push}/reflog syntax/etc.) > > I set up `git symbolic-ref refs/H HEAD` after my first `@` > conversation.[1] That is funny and clever, but unfortunately it does not help solving the problem that the @-shorthand "conveniently" squats there to make your use of a branch named "@" hard or impossible.