Re: "git branch --contains x y" creates a branch instead of checking containment

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On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 02:00:27PM +0100, Per Cederqvist wrote:

> That command does something completely different,
> though. The "--contains x" part is silently ignored,
> so it creates a branch named "y" pointing at HEAD.
> 
> Tested in git 1.8.1.1 and 1.8.1.4.
> 
> In my opinion, there are two ways to fix this:
> 
>  - change the "git branch" implementation so
>    that --contains implies --list.

I think that is the best option, too. In fact, I even wrote a patch. :)

It's d040350 (branch: let branch filters imply --list, 2013-01-31), and
it's already in v1.8.2-rc0.

-Peff
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