Re: [PATCH] branch: add '-' to delete previous branch

From: Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 29, 2020, 20:26 UTC
Message-ID: <87imhihwbw.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20200429195745.GC3920@syl.local>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

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> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 10:50:41PM +0300, Sergey Organov wrote:
>> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > In my opinion, it is fairly clear that 'git branch -D -' means "delete
>> > the last branch", and not "delete a list of branches from stdin.
>>
>> Honestly, I'd never guess it'd "delete the last branch". No way.
>
> I'm having trouble understanding why. This is how 'git checkout -'
> behaves, so I have no idea why 'git branch' wouldn't work the same
> way.

Well, if I knew 'git checkout -' does this, then yes, it'd be obvious. The problem is that I didn't. Well, then, as I said in my original reaction, I'm probably too late on this.

BTW, it was not that easy to find it in the "git help checkout" even when I was specifically looking for it.

Thanks, -- Sergey