Merge branch 'jc/merge-dash-previous'

* jc/merge-dash-previous:
  merge: allow "-" as a short-hand for "previous branch"

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/merge.c b/builtin/merge.c
index d54e7ddbb1..0bdd19a137 100644
--- a/builtin/merge.c
+++ b/builtin/merge.c
@@ -1062,9 +1062,12 @@ int cmd_merge(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (!allow_fast_forward && fast_forward_only)
 		die(_("You cannot combine --no-ff with --ff-only."));
 
-	if (!argc && !abort_current_merge && default_to_upstream)
-		argc = setup_with_upstream(&argv);
-
+	if (!abort_current_merge) {
+		if (!argc && default_to_upstream)
+			argc = setup_with_upstream(&argv);
+		else if (argc == 1 && !strcmp(argv[0], "-"))
+			argv[0] = "@{-1}";
+	}
 	if (!argc)
 		usage_with_options(builtin_merge_usage,
 			builtin_merge_options);