From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:51:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] branch: add '-' to delete previous branch
Message-ID: <xmqqftcksqea.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200430155904.GA30682@syl.local>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

> 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.