Re: [PATCH] branch: add support for --dry-run option

From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date: Jan 19, 2015, 14:20 UTC
Message-ID: <54BD12C3.5050802@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <1421480159-4848-1-git-send-email-kuleshovmail@gmail.com>

Alexander Kuleshov schrieb am 17.01.2015 um 08:35:

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> This patch adds support -d/--dry-run option for branch(es) deletion.
> If -d/--dry-run option passed to git branch -d branch..., branch(es)
> will not be removed, instead just print list of branches that are
> to be removed.
> 
> For example:
> 
>     $ git branch
>     a
>     b
>     c
>     * master
> 
>     $ git branch -d -n a b c
>     delete branch 'a' (261c0d1)
>     delete branch 'b' (261c0d1)
>     delete branch 'c' (261c0d1)

Is there a case where deleting "a b c" would not delete "a b c"?

In other words: What new information does a dry-run give the user, other than what "branch --list -v" would give already? (We could need a shortcut on the latter, but that is a different topic.)

Michael