Support non-tag/head refs #7
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This also only draws HEAD when it points to a valid reference
gorhawk
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Feb 16, 2025
git 2.43.0 uses the commit hash in .git/HEAD instead of `ref: ` syntax when checking out tags, so this only needs to consider commits.
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You can totally just create random references under
.git/refs, this allows them to be rendered (in orange).This also only draws
HEADwhen it points to a valid reference (rather than the previous behavior which left a weird floatingHEAD -> refs/heads/main).TODOs:
HEAD)CHERRY_PICK_HEAD@gorhawk Just finished my second talk on git using this tool; kudos on this again, I've had fun working with it.