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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 13, 2022, 22:28 UTC
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Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com> writes:
> Previous to this, I thought about making also a "git diff -",
> ...
> Also discarded the "git diff -" change, because of so many flags and
> conditions "diff" has. So I only sent the "branch -" patch.

Yeah, that is why the approach Johannes showed, i.e. instead of making "in this context but not in that context, '-' means 'previous'" changes to random commands, teaching anybody that takes @{-1} to understand that '-' means 'previous' everywhere, appears very tempting.

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Message 5 of 24 in “branch: allow "-" as a short-hand for "previous branch"”
  1. branch: allow "-" as a short-hand for "previous branch"Rubén Justo via GitGitGadget, Aug 7, 2022
  2. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2022
  4. Rubén JustoAug 13, 2022
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2022
  6. Johannes SchindelinAug 16, 2022
  7. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2022
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2022
  9. Rubén JustoAug 25, 2022
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2022
  11. Rubén JustoAug 25, 2022
  12. Rubén JustoAug 13, 2022
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2022
  14. Rubén JustoAug 13, 2022
  15. Johannes SchindelinAug 16, 2022
  16. Rubén JustoAug 16, 2022
  17. Johannes SchindelinAug 19, 2022
  18. allow "-" as short-hand for "@{-1}" in "branch -d"Rubén Justo via GitGitGadget, Aug 16, 2022
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2022
  20. Rubén JustoAug 16, 2022
  21. branch: allow "-" as a short-hand for "previous branch"Rubén Justo, Aug 16, 2022
  22. branch: allow "-" as a shortcut for "previous branch"Rubén Justo, Sep 11, 2022
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2022
  24. Rubén JustoSep 12, 2022

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