On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:26:05 -0500, Shawn Pearce wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> >  - "ORIG_HEAD" is very useful indeed, and it's the head _before_ a merge
...
> Although if you have reflog enabled on your current branch there
> is a 1 character shorter syntax:
>
> 	gitk HEAD@{1}..

Yes, this was my exact thought when reading what Linus
wrote. ORIG_HEAD might be fine and all, but it pales in functionality
compared to what reflog provides.

I would very much like to see reflog getting first-class citizen
support in git:

1. Be on by default

2. Get documented in all the right places, (much better than adding
   documentation for ORIG_HEAD in my opinion)

3. Tighter integration with branch manipulations. Do we already delete
   reflog when deleting a branch? We don't have a branch rename
   operation, but if we get one, renaming the reflog should go
   hand-in-hand, etc.

-Carl