Re: [PATCH v2] branch: implement shortcut to delete last branch

git@matthieu-moy.fr writes:

FWIW, I do not even buy the "destructive commands should force spelling things out even more" argument in the first place.

    $ git checkout somelongtopicname
    $ work work work
    $ git checkout master && git merge -
    $ git branch -d -

would be a lot less error-prone than the user being forced to write last step in longhand

    $ git branch -d someotherlongtopicname

and destroying an unrelated but similarly named branch.

So obviously I am OK with it, too.

As long as we do not regress end-user experience, that is. For example, "git merge @{-1}" in the above sequence would record the fact that the resulting commit is a merge of 'somelongtopicname', not literally "@{-1}", in its log message. It would be a sad regression if it suddenly starts to say "Merge branch '-'" [*1*], for example.

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