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Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:14:16 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Ben Knoble Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: [Bug] Porcelain allows creation of '@' branch Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 11:14:05 -0400 Message-Id: References: <2006115b-bcf2-486a-ac7a-681caae686b4@arm.com> Cc: Kristoffer Haugsbakk , git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff King In-Reply-To: <2006115b-bcf2-486a-ac7a-681caae686b4@arm.com> To: =?utf-8?Q?Bence_Cs=C3=B3k=C3=A1s?= X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (23D8133) > Le 3 sept. 2026 =C3=A0 08:36, Bence Cs=C3=B3k=C3=A1s a =C3=A9crit : >=20 > =EF=BB=BFOn 2026. 09. 03. 10:38, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: >> Not a bug (2024) https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqy12z7eti.fsf@gitster.g/ >>=20 >> I suspect that it is much more productive to deprecate and remove >> "@" that is a built-in synomym for HEAD (but "refs/remotes/origin/@" >> does not act as a synonym for "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD"). [...] > I would not want to see @ removed, I have abandoned using HEAD years > ago, too much typing (especially if you want to express more complex > things, e.g. `git range-diff long-branch-name{^..otherbranch,..@}`, to > pick an example out of my bash-history). Ditto, though thanks for digging up the reference. It will surely be importa= nt to justify when proposing to tighten the branch-mode rules.=20=