Re: [PATCH/RFC] branch: add optional parameter to -r to specify remote

[Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>]

Am 6/20/2011 0:32, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> It would make much more sense to restrict this feature to the "listing"
> side of the branches.  It would be nice if you can do:

I agree with everything you said earlier and the first sentence above. And
I would have needed the possibility to limit the branch listing to a
particular remote a lot in the past. But...

> 	$ git branch -r --match alice --match bob
> 
> to show only remote tracking branches under refs/remotes/{alice,bob}
> and also
> 
> 	$ git branch --match "jk/*"
> 
> to show only local topic branches whose names match the given blob.

I would hate having to learn a new syntax '--match "jk/*"' when we can
already say

    $ git log --remotes
    $ git log --remotes=alice --remotes=bob
    $ git log --remotes="jk/*"

IMO, it is the right approach to have a long option --remotes with an
optional argument.

-- Hannes