Re: What's in git.git (stable)

Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] writes:

Shawn Pearce wrote:

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Andy Parkins [off-list ref] wrote:

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 * git-show-branch output is cryptic.

Agreed.  I still don't know how to read its output.  So I just
don't use it.  Ever.  :-)

And the way it uses it's options is even more cryptic, and differs from
other similar commands.

(Jakub, please do not drop people from cc: list; you were asked
more than once).

Ok, so what's the action you guys are proposing?

 (1) show-branch output is cryptic and it does not do anything
     useful.  Drop it.

 (2) show-branch output is cryptic and I do not understand what
     it is trying to do.  Document it better.

 (3) While I agree what show-branch is trying to do is useful,
     its output is useless.  Instead of showing an example
     situation like this:

	[ picture here ]

     It should show the same situation like this:

	[ improved picture here ]

 (4) None of the above.

The same question goes for its input branch specification.

Personally, I find its input branch globbing very handy, and
often wish that 'git branch' had a '--list' option that lists
branches that match the glob pattern given on the command line,
not just listing everything when no parameter is given.