Re: [PATCH 2/2] branch: let branch filters imply --list

Peter Wu [off-list ref] 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.