From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Rubén Justo" <rjusto@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
"Erlend E. Aasland" <erlend.aasland@innova.no>,
Ivan Tham <pickfire@riseup.net>,
Aaron Greenberg <p@aaronjgreenberg.com>,
Elena Petrashen <elena.petrashen@gmail.com>,
Dinesh <dpdineshp2@gmail.com>,
Kenny Lee Sin Cheong <kenny.lee28@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] branch: allow "-" as a shortcut for "previous branch"
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 10:52:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqedwgfpkr.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <dbc0b0d8-4b0a-8d4c-1bfa-8bdcd99310e7@gmail.com> ("Rubén Justo"'s message of "Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:14:55 +0200")
Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com> writes:
> Teach "git branch" the use of "-" as a shortcut for "@{-1}", like in "checkout
> -", "merge -" and other commands.
I am sorry that this is now at v4, but let's not do this.
"git checkout -" was started purely because "cd -" is a fairly well
known way to say "go back to the previous directory" (it is "cd ~-"
in some shells).
No shells accept "mv - newname" to rename the directory we were
previously in, or "rmdir -" to remove it. And "diff -r - ." does
not compare the previous and the current directory recursively.
But all of these can be done (with some shells) if you use a proper
syntax, "mv ~- newname", "rmdir ~-", or "diff -r ~- .".
Yes, we may have by mistake added "git merge -" as well, but it is
perfectly fine to say that we should admit it as a mistake and plan
to possibly deprecate it in the longer term. We shouldn't use it as
an excuse to make things even more confusing.
Thanks. I think your other "git branch -d @{-1}" thing is sound,
though.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-12 17:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-07 22:22 [PATCH] branch: allow "-" as a short-hand for "previous branch" Rubén Justo via GitGitGadget
2022-08-08 13:26 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-08 16:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-13 9:19 ` Rubén Justo
2022-08-13 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-16 9:49 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-19 13:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-19 18:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-25 7:57 ` Rubén Justo
2022-08-25 16:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-25 19:50 ` Rubén Justo
2022-08-13 9:08 ` Rubén Justo
2022-08-08 14:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-13 9:14 ` Rubén Justo
2022-08-16 9:31 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-16 17:03 ` Rubén Justo
2022-08-19 11:42 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-16 17:11 ` [PATCH v2] allow "-" as short-hand for "@{-1}" in "branch -d" Rubén Justo via GitGitGadget
2022-08-16 18:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-16 21:27 ` Rubén Justo
2022-08-16 21:18 ` [PATCH v3] branch: allow "-" as a short-hand for "previous branch" Rubén Justo
2022-09-11 14:14 ` [PATCH v4] branch: allow "-" as a shortcut " Rubén Justo
2022-09-12 17:52 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-09-12 21:18 ` Rubén Justo
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