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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-01-28 15:00:27 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-01-28 15:00:27 -0800
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parentgitweb: check if-modified-since for feeds (diff)
parentt1505: remove debugging cruft (diff)
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Merge branch 'tr/previous-branch'
* tr/previous-branch: t1505: remove debugging cruft Simplify parsing branch switching events in reflog Introduce for_each_recent_reflog_ent(). interpret_nth_last_branch(): plug small memleak Fix reflog parsing for a malformed branch switching entry Fix parsing of @{-1}@{1} interpret_nth_last_branch(): avoid traversing the reflog twice checkout: implement "-" abbreviation, add docs and tests sha1_name: support @{-N} syntax in get_sha1() sha1_name: tweak @{-N} lookup checkout: implement "@{-N}" shortcut name for N-th last branch Conflicts: sha1_name.c
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@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ when you run 'git-merge'.
reflog of the current branch. For example, if you are on the
branch 'blabla', then '@\{1\}' means the same as 'blabla@\{1\}'.
+* The special construct '@\{-<n>\}' means the <n>th branch checked out
+ before the current one.
+
* A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of
that commit object. '{caret}<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e.
'rev{caret}'