Re: git branch in Bash subshell "$(git branch -a)" including ls output as part of return?

From: Charles Bailey <charles@hashpling.org>
Date: Dec 7, 2015, 16:58 UTC
Message-ID: <20151207165810.GA25856@hashpling.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAJGk2Wx4B=AHFxkJep=yYVKU9UyJieazoNaC44W5yBXoMi+gdg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 11:52:28AM -0500, Alex Jones wrote:

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> git branch -a output:
> 
> ajonespro:Deploy_Script ajones$ git branch -a
> 
> * DWH_concurrent_api
>   Email_No_Error_If_No_Old_Version
>   IT/configs_in_app_support
>   PHP_Build_Repo
>   master
>   remotes/origin/DWH_concurrent_api
>   remotes/origin/Email_No_Error_If_No_Old_Version
>   remotes/origin/IT/configs_in_app_support
>   remotes/origin/PHP_Build_Repo
>   remotes/origin/master
> 
> echo $(git branch -a) output:
> 
> ajonespro:Deploy_Script ajones$ echo $(git branch -a)
> AppDeploy WebDeploy DWH_concurrent_api
> Email_No_Error_If_No_Old_Version IT/configs_in_app_support
> PHP_Build_Repo master remotes/origin/DWH_concurrent_api
> remotes/origin/Email_No_Error_If_No_Old_Version
> remotes/origin/IT/configs_in_app_support remotes/origin/PHP_Build_Repo
> remotes/origin/master
> 
> While it might be hard to see from that output, The first two
> "branches" in the subshell's output are actually the directories
> contained within the repo.

Looking at the two outputs, you are seeing the shell's glob expansion of the '*' current branch marker. You probably want to quote the command expansion to prevent this:

echo "$(git branch -a)"