From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Cc: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>,
phillip.wood123@gmail.com, git@vger.kernel.org,
gitgitgadget@gmail.com, phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] revisions: add @{default} shorthand for default branch
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:33:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqa4xqygns.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALnO6CDrdfSFuY8xjvno3+2MVB2JHUYdNsYTYqqRsfcDiWa1uQ@mail.gmail.com> (D. Ben Knoble's message of "Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:40:38 -0500")
"D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com> writes:
> If you don't need to be on a branch, then "git switch -d origin" (or
> upstream, or whatever your remote is) should work just fine.
>
> That just makes discovering the name of the remote the "interesting" part…
The only thing that is different is if you need to _name_ a branch,
or the commit pointed at is sufficient. In order to run something
like "git shortlog origin..", "git shortlog @{default}.." is not
needed.
Of course, checking out and to be on the branch requires you to name
a branch (otherwise when two branches point at the same commit, you
cannot tell which one you want to check out).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-02 21:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-29 15:25 [PATCH] revisions: add @{default} shorthand for default branch Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-01-29 20:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-30 10:59 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-01-30 11:12 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-01-30 16:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-30 20:58 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-01-30 21:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-31 0:09 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-01-31 19:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-31 20:22 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-01-31 20:55 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-02-02 12:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-02 15:30 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-02-02 9:37 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-02 10:14 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-02-02 19:40 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-02-02 21:19 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-02-02 21:53 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-02 22:17 ` Ben Knoble
2026-02-02 22:54 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-02-02 21:33 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-02 22:16 ` Ben Knoble
2026-02-02 23:03 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-02-02 21:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-02 22:56 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-02-03 11:18 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-02-03 14:38 ` Phillip Wood
2026-02-02 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-30 13:26 ` [PATCH v2] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-01-30 16:54 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-01-30 20:45 ` [PATCH v3] revisions: add @{primary} shorthand for primary branch Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-01-31 0:06 ` [PATCH v4] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
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