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using git symbolic ref to save some time
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git-symbolic-ref
git symbolic-ref -m 'short alias m to mainline' refs/heads/m refs/heads/mainline
git symbolic-ref -m 'short alias h to HEAD' h HEAD
Now you can use the m and h aliases in git commands:
git log m
git diff m..h
git show-ref m
git branch
m -> mainline
* mainline
tail .git/h .git/refs/heads/m
==> .git/h <==
ref: HEAD
==> .git/refs/heads/m <==
ref: refs/heads/mainline
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