Ramsay Jones <[email protected]> writes:

>> I am not sure if it makes that much sense to have that sentence here
>> in the first place (after all, it is describing a behaviour of a
>> mode that is *not* the list mode), but I guess that it may be a
>> common mistake to forget to specify "-l" while asking for branches
>> that match the pattern?  If we were writing this today from scratch,
>> I would perhaps write something entirely different, e.g.
>> 
>>      --list::
>>              List branches.  With optional <pattern>... at the
>>              end of the command line, list only the branches that
>>              match any of the given patterns.  Do not forget '-l'
>>              and say "git branch <pattern>", as it will instead
>>              try to create a new branch whose name is <pattern>,
>>              which is a common mistake.
>
> Hmm, but with git-branch -l means --create-reflog not --list.
>
> I have make the mistake of using -l rather than --list several
> times ... :D

That too.  With "Do not forget '--list'..." and it will make it
correct again ;-).

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