From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Sunshine Subject: Re: [PATCH][Outreachy] branch -D: allow - as abbreviation of @{-1} Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:56:10 -0400 Message-ID: References: <1458573317-15532-1-git-send-email-elena.petrashen@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Matthieu Moy , Elena Petrashen , Git List To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Mar 21 18:56:17 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ai43s-00015U-Au for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Mar 2016 18:56:16 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757552AbcCUR4M (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:56:12 -0400 Received: from mail-vk0-f52.google.com ([209.85.213.52]:36157 "EHLO mail-vk0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757376AbcCUR4L (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Mar 2016 13:56:11 -0400 Received: by mail-vk0-f52.google.com with SMTP id q138so131951919vkb.3 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:56:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc; bh=B2JRlWpwqvulu/3cRhCQLaynclgkF83P90JjfoESCyo=; b=twx7ZURhGAIfcNLZObbuMe/iM5dO5koHAknM0CTzfZ0DfJLX4G9NdD6du5JcGhSO/5 onuiklwOR8XN3gvkUJs8FidUhOYv9w3yQ+neG8HG/17zr2cAbi+2Lvsu8w6rjdkHxGUK m0nHU8Y7nt4SA8SYhXLtz/003UsS3gqBeV16Tceya4zmAHaOh6203nE9DKrxgWeZs4Hq gNMNeaNiiLtqXib8tvEiHtVkOPPfkEBE9/QcRlmy/CtHOgBc08ED3DYo4NM+XKNbyhkI s0xxDMy8ftXx1A2W2+a+ruAe+plsr5D3c6kyeXTpnpFHdPp3w7V99/eKTIYTWMLMnl6A JgSQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=B2JRlWpwqvulu/3cRhCQLaynclgkF83P90JjfoESCyo=; b=c3NU7H84gUBkmLq82pkkwDAZUnWfYin+wVcKmgzn1xEGkmT2n7xonnlfcsCUb1Ai99 jPLUOG2ReDh0+Qs44iTSMxXwJeqXF9wlij2PwMLqL/zHayb5EiVj3VcsteL8r7JjdHfl ubsmZAr4OjPXMud4F90Gm/HL5Db2lFmyNYe+ZbNEJMHoWVyFduP4q6J6TjFsygHP/LWx cAirssV4OQ8c3Nnn4NDCvLmLnppxu1u5uStyFZcCdwBHsB2SfnJHo9dE9LBpurp0yNfA QG/ykKS1ZTzKLrgUzahkGtwvbeF1EcHGIUtxRtSIEYdTnjU5h6GeGtaAWyRt5zBap9Ml WXNg== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJJQk+0rnBjI8u7Fc04y744ZJ0ZKZEGceLz9fVzy5QBO5kVA1TO5+qsC5vGH/pB0z2G4jdcxisyxRhCQZA== X-Received: by 10.176.3.48 with SMTP id 45mr2223628uat.123.1458582970135; Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:56:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.31.62.203 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:56:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6bLrkjpYMJkP5XeQlc1RYgQBC_U Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Matthieu Moy writes: >> But I'm not sure how often people want to delete (force-delete according >> to your message) the branch they just come from. > > One that I heard was this sequence: > > $ git checkout -b work master > $ work work work ... > $ git checkout master > $ git merge work > $ git branch -d work > > where their argument was that they are done with the work branch, > and it no longer is needed. I frequently use throwaway branches when messing around with some idea or when reviewing patches submitted to the mailing list, and the workflow ends up being similar to the above: $ git checkout -b throwaway master $ ...work work work... $ git checkout master $ git branch -D throwaway So, I can see how having "git branch -D" (force-delete) recognize "-" could be a convenience.