Re: [PATCH GSoC] Allow "-" as a short-hand for "@{-1}" in branch deletions
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- Shuyang Shi <shuyang790@gmail.com>
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- Mar 10, 2017, 06:07 UTC
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Hey Siddharth,
It is good to know that you have been working on this, and sorry for this "bump". Although I see "git branch -d -" not so dangerous, it is okay for me that we keep it out of the shorthand range.
And your work is awesome.
Thanks, Shuyang 史舒扬 Shuyang Shi Undergraduate Department of CS, School of EECS, Peking University Email: shuyang790@gmail.com Mobile: +86-18301336991
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Siddharth Kannan <kannan.siddharth12@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey Shuyang, > On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 09:47:12AM -0800, Stefan Beller wrote: >> > The "-" shorthand that stands for "the branch we were previously on", >> > like we did for "git merge -" sometime after we introduced "git checkout -". >> > Now I am introducing this shorthand to branch delete, i.e. >> > "git branch -d -". >> > >> > More reference: >> > https://public-inbox.org/git/7vppuewl6h.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org/ >> > > 1. I have already worked on this project, and my patch is in the > "Needs review" section in "What's cooking". It implements this change > inside sha1_name.c and doesn't touch git branch. So, your patch is > mutually exclusive to my previous patch. > > 2. Matthieu made an argument against enabling commands like "git > branch -D -" even by mistake [1]. The way that I have implemented > ensured that not a lot of "rm"-like commands were enabled. > > My patch that would enable this shorthand for other projects is > here[2]. > > [1]: http://public-inbox.org/git/vpqh944eof7.fsf@anie.imag.fr/ > [2]: http://public-inbox.org/git/1488007487-12965-5-git-send-email-kannan.siddharth12@gmail.com/ > > Thanks, > Siddharth.