Re: [PATCH v3] Introduce BEL<branch> as shortcut to the tracked branch

[Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>]

2009/3/20 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Santi Béjar wrote:
>
>> 2009/3/20 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>:
>>
>> > On Fri, 20 Mar 2009, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
>> >
>> >> El 20/3/2009, a las 10:29, Johannes Schindelin escribió:
>> >>
>> >> >Often, it is quite interesting to inspect the branch tracked by a
>> >> >given branch.  This patch introduces a nice notation to get at the
>> >> >tracked branch: 'BEL<branch>' can be used to access that tracked
>> >> >branch.
>> >> >
>> >> >A special shortcut 'BEL' refers to the branch tracked by the current
>> >> >branch.
>> >> >
>> >> >Suggested by Pasky and Shawn.
>> >>
>> >> What does BEL actually stand for? I read Shawn's suggestion, but it's
>> >> not immediately clear to me what "BEL" means.
>> >
>> > It is the ASCII "bell" character, 007 (I always wanted to write that
>> > magic identifier into a patch).
>> >
>> > FWIW you could type it in a regular ANSI terminal using Control-v
>> > Control-g.
>>
>> Can we use branch^{origin} instead? It is longer to type, but uses the
>> same syntax as the ^{tree}, ^{commit}, ^{tag} and you don't have to know
>> how to produce the bell character.
>
> I think I addressed that issue already.  (Summary: I do not like it)
>
> Let me spell it out if it was not obvious yet: the BEL patch was meant as
> a more or less funny reminder that the issue is not solved and that I need
> help.

Would :%:foo work? I thought about the reserved prefix :/! , but :/!!
isn't reserved so I don't think that would work. And it's pretty
annoying to type too.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson