Re: [PATCH] merge: allow "-" as a short-hand for "previous branch"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 8, 2011, 18:43 UTC
Message-ID: <7vipuo4m91.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <4D9ED5AC.3050106@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:

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> ... In principle it makes
> sense everywhere where a branch name makes sense, e.g.:
>
> git branch -D foo
> #...can't delete the current branch
> git checkout whatever
> git branch -D -
>
> In this case, shell history is faster, of course.

Yeah, and "branch -[dD]" is truly destructive, so...