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List:       git
Subject:    Re: [usability bug] git branch -a does not disambiguate remote and local branches
From:       "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03 () volumehost ! net>
Date:       2008-12-15 19:21:00
Message-ID: 200812151321.05421.bss03 () volumehost ! net
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On Monday 2008 December 15 13:09:16 Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>IMHO it is better to be nice to the many users who do not try to shoot
>themselves in the foot, by showing them the nice short names that will
>work.

It should be possible to support both.  Short names when they are unique, 
longer names when the short names are ambiguous.
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