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author | Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> | 2019-05-29 00:16:05 +0100 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-05-29 10:36:16 -0700 |
commit | 1fde99cfc766353237ff1ca4829ba8d71ccebc87 (patch) | |
tree | 8e575f488435104638130bd4bf6ec3ccdc4bf4b0 /builtin/read-tree.c | |
parent | mingw: allow building with an MSYS2 runtime v3.x (diff) | |
download | tgif-1fde99cfc766353237ff1ca4829ba8d71ccebc87.tar.xz |
doc branch: provide examples for listing remote tracking branches
The availability of these pattern selections is not obvious from
the man pages, as per mail thread <87lfz3vcbt.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>.
Provide examples.
Re-order the `git branch` synopsis to emphasise the `--list <pattern>`
pairing. Also expand and reposition the `all/remotes` options.
Split the over-long description into three parts so that the <pattern>
description can be seen.
Clarify that the `all/remotes` options require the --list if patterns
are to be used.
Add examples of listing remote tracking branches that match a pattern,
including `git for-each-ref` which has more options.
Improve the -a/-r warning message. The message confused this author
as the combined -a and -r options had not been given, though a pattern
had. Specifically guide the user that maybe they needed the --list
option to enable a remote branch pattern selection.
Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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