Jeff King venit, vidit, dixit 20.06.2011 09:03: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 08:40:32AM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote: > >>> $ 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. > > For that matter, --match should be spelled "--glob", as we already have: > > $ git log --glob='jk/*' > > I think having the ref-selection for "git branch" match that of the > revision walker makes sense. > > -Peff Well, "branch" is about refs, and "log" about revs. I'd rather have "branch" similar to "tag" in that respect (i.e. '-l'). I'm still meaning to revive that series: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/172228 I've reworked a few more things compared to the RFC from back then but was caught by lack of time and the rc phase. I'll send what I have asap. Michael -- 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