1.6.2 will have @{-1} syntax advertised as "usable anywhere you can use
a branch name". However, "git merge @{-1}" did not work.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This teaches the new "@{-1} syntax to refer to the previous branch to "git
branch". After looking at somebody's faulty patch series on a topic
branch too long, if you decide it is not worth merging, you can just say:
$ git checkout master
$ git branch -D @{-1}
to get rid of it without having to type the name of the topic you now hate
so much for wasting a lot of your time.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
