Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I do not mean that this new feature is useless nor stupid. Being able to > say "git push --delete branch1 branch2" matches _a_ mental model (perhaps > Hg inspired one) _very_ naturally. There are branches on the other side, > and there is a special operation called 'delete' that you can inflict on > them. > > But it is a different mental model of how git natively does "push". > ... > These are both valid models. They just do not mix, so let's avoid > confusion by not allowing both at the same time. One more thing. I suspect that adding --delete and nothing else probably makes things worse than not doing anything. In a mental model where "push there --delete $branch" is natural, there are branches on the other side, and when you run 'push' command, you name the special operation, 'delete', that you would want to inflict on them. In such a world, there probably are other (perhaps not so special) operations you can inflict on the branches on the other side as well. They are probably called something like: push there --create $branch $commit push there --update $branch $commit If you give them only --delete without completing the vocabulary by giving these operations as well, you would force people to mix "git native" world model (i.e. there is no "mode" nor "opration"; there is only "list of instructions, each of which encodes the equivalent of 'mode'") with this Hg-inspired world model. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html