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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Cc:     Ivan Tham <pickfire@riseup.net>, git@vger.kernel.org,
        "brian m . carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] branch: add '-' to delete previous branch
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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.