Jeff King venit, vidit, dixit 07.09.2011 21:53: > On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 09:55:37AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> As we use fnmatch() and not match_pathspec() for this pattern matching, >> "git branch peff/" will not list all the topics under the peff/ hierarchy >> (your example "git branch peff/\*" would be the way), but I would imagine >> that we may someday want to update it to allow the leading path match >> here. And at that point, distinction between >> >> git branch peff ;# to create a "peff" branch >> git branch peff/ ;# to list "peff/" branches, as "peff/" itself is >> ;# an invalid branch name and your auto listing >> ;# heuristic kicks in >> >> while it might be very useful for experts, becomes too subtle and would >> confuse new people. We should instead require an explicit -l/--list, and >> not use the auto listing heuristics (it is fine for -v to imply -l). > > Sorry, I'm atrociously behind on reviewing this topic. But FWIW, I > completely agree with this. Detecting invalid branch formats is much too > subtle and error prone, and we are better off making a short and > easy-to-type version of "--list". We all agreed on that, you didn't miss anything ;) 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