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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/largely untested/PATCH] sha1_name: interpret ~n as HEAD~n
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:23:55 +0200
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Heya,

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 00:34, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> So there really isn't a lot of consistency, I guess. =C2=A0It also co=
nflicts
> a little with the shell's "~user" syntax, though presumably you don't
> have users named "1" and "2".

=46WIW, I like the patch, mainly because I dislike typing HEAD~n (I
usually mispel it as HEA~n) and agree with peff's analysis, we're such
a long way from being any form of consistent that I don't see this
breaking any user expectations.

--=20
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier