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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 30, 2020, 19:51 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqftcksqea.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200430155904.GA30682@syl.local>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

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> It is the case that 'git branch -D @{-N}' already works, which was
> surprising to me. I am suggesting that you make documenting the existent
> behavior a new first patch.
>
> Of course, that might be the only patch that you end up sending in v2,
> since it seems that consensus has formed around not supposing '-' as a
> shorthand for '@{-1}' with 'git branch -D'.

Thanks for concisely summarizing the current status of the discussion.