Re: [PATCH] branch doc: Change `git branch <pattern>` to use `<branchname>`

Ramsay Jones [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

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 ;-).