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Re: [PATCH RFC] builtin-push: add --delete as syntactic sugar for :foo

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 9, 2009, 16:59 UTC
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Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs> writes:
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> Refspecs without a source side have been reported as confusing by many.
> As an alternative, this adds support for commands like:
>
>     git push origin --delete somebranch
>
> Specifically, --delete will prepend a colon to all colon-less refspecs
> given on the command line.

Will it barf and error out if there is any colon-ful one? I think it should. I was about to write "I guess it could be argued both ways", but after thinking about it for 5 seconds I do not see a sane way to explain a command line "push origin --delete one two:three".

I agree with you that it wouldn't make sense to mix this with --all and friends.

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  1. builtin-push: add --delete as syntactic sugar for :fooJan Krüger, Nov 9, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2009
  4. Sverre RabbelierNov 9, 2009
  5. builtin-push: add --delete as syntactic sugar for :fooJan Krüger, Nov 9, 2009
  6. Nanako ShiraishiDec 29, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 29, 2009
  8. builtin-push: add --delete as syntactic sugar for :fooJan Krüger, Dec 30, 2009
  9. Sverre RabbelierDec 30, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 30, 2009
  11. builtin-push: add --delete as syntactic sugar for :fooJan Krüger, Dec 30, 2009

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