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From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.6.2-rc1
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:02:27 -0500
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On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 4:04 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> * @{-1} is a way to refer to the last branch you were on.  This is
>  accepted not only where an object name is expected, but anywhere
>  a branch name is expected and acts as if you typed the branch name.
>  E.g. "git branch --track mybranch @{-1}", "git merge @{-1}", and
>  "git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name @{-1}" would work as expected.

I always find explicit examples clearer, especially since you really
have no idea what the reader expects. Some folks just have
unreasonable expectations. :-)

So,

 master> git checkout next
   next> git branch --track mybranch @{-1}

Creates "mybranch" from master, *not from next*, correct?

Also, the "--track" option is an unnecessary distraction to the
example, isn't it?

j.