Peter Wu <lekensteyn@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > One note, the following command spits out master without complaining about the > non-existing branch name: > > git branch --contains <id> master <non-existant branch name> > > (the order of branches doesn't affect the result.) That is perfectly normal. What you gave after "--contains <id>" are *not* branch names. They are patterns against branch names that fits the given criteria (in this case "--contains <id>") are matched, and the branches that do not match any of the patterns will not appear in the result. -- 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