On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 11:52:28AM -0500, Alex Jones wrote: > git branch -a output: > > ajonespro:Deploy_Script ajones$ git branch -a > > * DWH_concurrent_api > Email_No_Error_If_No_Old_Version > IT/configs_in_app_support > PHP_Build_Repo > master > remotes/origin/DWH_concurrent_api > remotes/origin/Email_No_Error_If_No_Old_Version > remotes/origin/IT/configs_in_app_support > remotes/origin/PHP_Build_Repo > remotes/origin/master > > echo $(git branch -a) output: > > ajonespro:Deploy_Script ajones$ echo $(git branch -a) > AppDeploy WebDeploy DWH_concurrent_api > Email_No_Error_If_No_Old_Version IT/configs_in_app_support > PHP_Build_Repo master remotes/origin/DWH_concurrent_api > remotes/origin/Email_No_Error_If_No_Old_Version > remotes/origin/IT/configs_in_app_support remotes/origin/PHP_Build_Repo > remotes/origin/master > > While it might be hard to see from that output, The first two > "branches" in the subshell's output are actually the directories > contained within the repo. Looking at the two outputs, you are seeing the shell's glob expansion of the '*' current branch marker. You probably want to quote the command expansion to prevent this: echo "$(git branch -a)" -- 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