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Karl Hasselstr=F6m <kha@treskal.com> writes:

> Teach stgit to handle branch names with slashes in them; that is,
> branches living in a subdirectory of .git/refs/heads.
>
> I had to change the patch@branch/top command-line syntax to
> patch@branch%top, in order to get sane parsing. The /top variant is
> still available for repositories that have no slashy branches; it is
> disabled as soon as there exists at least one subdirectory of
> refs/heads. Preferably, this compatibility hack can be killed some
> time in the future.

I wonder if using double-slashes is an easier alternative to
type than '%', like "patch@branch//top".  That way, you do not
have to forbid per-cent sign in branch names.