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[PATCH 2/2] push: add '-d' as shorthand for '--delete'

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Dec 14, 2015, 15:23 UTC
Message-ID
<1450106584-22313-2-git-send-email-ps@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
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It is only possible to delete branches on remotes by specifying the long '--delete' flag. The `git-branch` command, which can be used to delete local branches with the same '--delete' flag, also accepts the shorthand '-d'. This may cause confusion for users which are frequently using the shorthand form of deleting local branches and subsequently try to use the same shorthand for `git-push`, which will fail.

Fix this usability issue by adding the '-d' shorthand to `git-push` and document it.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 Documentation/git-push.txt | 2 +-
 builtin/push.c             | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index e830c08..6f5d98c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git push' [--all | --mirror | --tags] [--follow-tags] [--atomic] [-n | --dry-run] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
-	   [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [--delete] [--prune] [-v | --verbose]
+	   [--repo=<repository>] [-f | --force] [-d | --delete] [--prune] [-v | --verbose]
 	   [-u | --set-upstream]
 	   [--[no-]signed|--sign=(true|false|if-asked)]
 	   [--force-with-lease[=<refname>[:<expect>]]]
diff --git a/builtin/push.c b/builtin/push.c
index 3bda430..093011d 100644
--- a/builtin/push.c
+++ b/builtin/push.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ int cmd_push(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BIT( 0 , "all", &flags, N_("push all refs"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_ALL),
 		OPT_BIT( 0 , "mirror", &flags, N_("mirror all refs"),
 			    (TRANSPORT_PUSH_MIRROR|TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE)),
-		OPT_BOOL( 0, "delete", &deleterefs, N_("delete refs")),
+		OPT_BOOL('d', "delete", &deleterefs, N_("delete refs")),
 		OPT_BOOL( 0 , "tags", &tags, N_("push tags (can't be used with --all or --mirror)")),
 		OPT_BIT('n' , "dry-run", &flags, N_("dry run"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_DRY_RUN),
 		OPT_BIT( 0,  "porcelain", &flags, N_("machine-readable output"), TRANSPORT_PUSH_PORCELAIN),
-- 
2.6.4
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  1. 1/2 push: add '--delete' flag to synopsisPatrick Steinhardt, Dec 14, 2015
  2. 2/2 push: add '-d' as shorthand for '--delete'Patrick Steinhardt, Dec 14, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2015
  4. Patrick SteinhardtDec 15, 2015
  5. Jeff KingDec 14, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2015
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