The "-" shorthand that stands for "the branch we were previously on", like we did for "git merge -" sometime after we introduced "git checkout -". Now I am introducing this shorthand to branch delete, i.e. "git branch -d -".
More reference: https://public-inbox.org/git/7vppuewl6h....@alter.siamese.dyndns.org/ And this has been tested: Ivan:git Ivan$ (cd t; prove --timer --jobs 1 ./t3200-branch.sh) [00:21:26] ./t3200-branch.sh .. ok 12293 ms ( 0.04 usr 0.01 sys + 5.97 cusr 2.52 csys = 8.54 CPU) [00:21:39] All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=113, 13 wallclock secs ( 0.07 usr 0.02 sys + 5.97 cusr 2.52 csys = 8.58 CPU) Result: PASS Signed-off-by: Shuyang Shi <shuyang...@gmail.com> --- builtin/branch.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index 94f7de7f..1b72d80 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -215,8 +215,12 @@ static int delete_branches(int argc, const char **argv, int force, int kinds, for (i = 0; i < argc; i++, strbuf_release(&bname)) { char *target = NULL; int flags = 0; + const char *arg = argv[i]; - strbuf_branchname(&bname, argv[i]); + if (!strcmp(arg, "-")) + arg = "@{-1}"; + + strbuf_branchname(&bname, arg); free(name); name = mkpathdup(fmt, bname.buf); -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/337
