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Re: [PATCH] branch: delete now accepts '-' as branch name

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Feb 17, 2022, 17:13 UTC
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On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 7:51 AM Erlend Aasland <Erlend-A@innova.no> wrote:
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> > On 16 Feb 2022, at 20:03, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
> > Patches implementing this behavior for `git branch -D` have been submitted previously but were rejected (if I recall correctly) since "delete" is a destructive operation, unlike other cases in which `-` is accepted. A relatively recent submission and ensuing discussion is at [1].
> >
> > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200501222227.GE41612@syl.local/T/
>
> Thanks for the heads-up regarding previous discussions, Eric.
>
> Until now, I've just been using the @{-1} notation, but - is very much faster
> to type ;)
>
> There are no new arguments pro this feature, so I guess the conclusion from
> 2020 still stands :)

Perhaps. Perhaps not. I may be misreading Junio's responses in this thread, but it didn't seem like he was necessarily opposed to the change. A documentation update as in [1] would be a good idea, though, if resubmitted.

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  1. branch: delete now accepts '-' as branch nameErlend Egeberg Aasland via GitGitGadget, Feb 16, 2022
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2022
  3. Eric SunshineFeb 16, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2022
  5. Erlend AaslandFeb 16, 2022
  6. Eric SunshineFeb 17, 2022
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2022
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 21, 2022
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2022
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 21, 2022
  11. Erlend AaslandFeb 22, 2022

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