Subject: Re: [PATCH v27 2/2] status: add status.compareBranches config for multiple branch comparisons

From: Harald Nordgren <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:56:32 +0100

> For example, writing "v2.52.0" there to see how far we came since
> the last release would become impossible if we always force prepend
> "refs/remotes/".  I wonder if we can reuse already existing DWIMmery
> that uses refs.c::ref_rev_parse_rules[], which should allow such use
> case, while still allowing you to write "origin/master"?

Sounds like a follow-up rather of doing now, right? 🤗

Since the inteface won't change, just adding more functionality a new
feature, we should be able to fix this behind the scenes later.

Harald