From: Dinesh <dpdineshp2@xxxxxxxxx> The "-" shorthand can be used as a replacement for "@{-1}" to refer to the previous branch the user was on in the "git branch -d @{-1}" command.Replace "-" argument with "@{-1}" when the command line arguments are parsed. Signed-off-by: Dinesh <dpdineshp2@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/branch.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index 7b45b6b..98d2c4b 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_branch_usage[] = { N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]"), N_("git branch [<options>] [-l] [-f] <branch-name> [<start-point>]"), - N_("git branch [<options>] [-r] (-d | -D) <branch-name>..."), + N_("git branch [<options>] [-r] (-d | -D) [-] <branch-name>..."), N_("git branch [<options>] (-m | -M) [<old-branch>] <new-branch>"), N_("git branch [<options>] [-r | -a] [--points-at]"), NULL @@ -658,8 +658,13 @@ int cmd_branch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) filter.abbrev = -1; if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h")) - usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options); - + { + usage_with_options(builtin_branch_usage, options); + } + if (argc == 3 && !strcmp(argv[2], "-")) + { + argv[2] = "@{-1}"; + } git_config(git_branch_config, NULL); track = git_branch_track; -- 2.8.0.rc0 -- 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