Re: [PATCH/RFC] branch: add optional parameter to -r to specify remote

From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Jun 20, 2011, 06:40 UTC
Message-ID: <4DFEEB60.5000005@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vtyble9k8.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Am 6/20/2011 0:32, schrieb Junio C Hamano:

> It would make much more sense to restrict this feature to the "listing"
> side of the branches.  It would be nice if you can do:

I agree with everything you said earlier and the first sentence above. And I would have needed the possibility to limit the branch listing to a particular remote a lot in the past. But...

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> 	$ git branch -r --match alice --match bob
> 
> to show only remote tracking branches under refs/remotes/{alice,bob}
> and also
> 
> 	$ git branch --match "jk/*"
> 
> to show only local topic branches whose names match the given blob.

I would hate having to learn a new syntax '--match "jk/*"' when we can already say

    $ git log --remotes
    $ git log --remotes=alice --remotes=bob
    $ git log --remotes="jk/*"

IMO, it is the right approach to have a long option --remotes with an optional argument.

-- Hannes