On 11/8/09 2:46 PM, "Sverre Rabbelier" <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Heya > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 23:11, Kate Ebneter <kate@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> That is, if you run 'git branch' inside $() or ``, it lists the directories, >> too. I can't imagine that this is intended behavior, but perhaps I'm wrong. > > Try enclosing it in quotes ;). > > That is, compare: > $ echo "`git branch`" > with > $ echo `git branch` > > The kicker is that there's a * in the output of git branch, which your > shell helpfully substitutes with the contents of your current > directory :). *head desk* You know, I spent hours last night trying to figure that out. So simple. Duh. Thanks for pointing that out -- I knew it had to be something simple, but sometimes you just can't see the forest for the trees! :-) Thanks again, Kate Ebneter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html