Peter Wu <lekenst...@gmail.com> 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 majord...@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Reply via email to