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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rev-parse --symbolic-full-name: don't print '^' if SHA1
 is not a ref
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 17:02:00 -0700
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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:

> From: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
>
> The intention of --symbolic-full-name is to not print anything if a
> revision is not an exact ref. But this command:
>
>     $ git-rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --not master~1
>
> still emitted a sole '^' to stdout (provided that there's no other ref at
> master~1).

Well spotted.  Thanks.