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Re: [PATCH] branch doc: Change `git branch <pattern>` to use `<branchname>`

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 23, 2017, 19:01 UTC
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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com> writes:
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>> I am not sure if it makes that much sense to have that sentence here
>> in the first place (after all, it is describing a behaviour of a
>> mode that is *not* the list mode), but I guess that it may be a
>> common mistake to forget to specify "-l" while asking for branches
>> that match the pattern?  If we were writing this today from scratch,
>> I would perhaps write something entirely different, e.g.
>> 
>> 	--list::
>> 		List branches.  With optional <pattern>... at the
>> 		end of the command line, list only the branches that
>> 		match any of the given patterns.  Do not forget '-l'
>> 		and say "git branch <pattern>", as it will instead
>> 		try to create a new branch whose name is <pattern>,
>> 		which is a common mistake.
>
> Hmm, but with git-branch -l means --create-reflog not --list.
>
> I have make the mistake of using -l rather than --list several
> times ... :D

That too. With "Do not forget '--list'..." and it will make it correct again ;-).

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Message 4 of 10 in “branch doc: Change `git branch <pattern>` to use `<branchname>`”
  1. branch doc: Change `git branch <pattern>` to use `<branchname>`Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 23, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2017
  3. Ramsay JonesMar 23, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2017
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 23, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2017
  7. Jonathan NiederMar 24, 2017
  8. branch doc: update description for `--list`Junio C Hamano, Mar 24, 2017
  9. Jonathan NiederMar 24, 2017
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 24, 2017

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