Re: [PATCH] merge: allow "-" as a short-hand for "previous branch"

Michael J Gruber [off-list ref] writes:

... In principle it makes
sense everywhere where a branch name makes sense, e.g.:

git branch -D foo
#...can't delete the current branch
git checkout whatever
git branch -D -

In this case, shell history is faster, of course.

Yeah, and "branch -[dD]" is truly destructive, so...