From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 22:39:22 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] t0012: test "-h" with builtins
Message-ID: <xmqq60gias11.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170530154432.rxzo5k5ti3jxmksx@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> And the idea is that ranges like "-.." should work. TBH, I'm not sure
> how I feel about that, for exactly the reason that came up here: it
> makes it hard to syntactically differentiate the "-" shorthand from
> actual options. We do have @{-1} already for this purpose. I don't mind
> "-" as a shortcut for things like "git checkout -" or "git show -", but
> it feels like most of the benefit is lost when you're combining it with
> other operators.

All correct and that is why I haven't seriously considered merging
the topic further down (yet).  Things like -.. makes readers of the
commands go "Huh?", and "git tbdiff ..- -.." does not even work ;-)