From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: git branch -a prefixes origin/ branches with remotes/ Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:52:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <18137.1270056387@relay.known.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: layer X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Mar 31 19:52:43 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nx25r-0005eT-CC for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:52:43 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755920Ab0CaRwi (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:52:38 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f209.google.com ([209.85.218.209]:47859 "EHLO mail-bw0-f209.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752890Ab0CaRwh (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:52:37 -0400 Received: by bwz1 with SMTP id 1so275762bwz.21 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:52:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received :x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:date :in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=hDXxIvzjQz5aa4qlMKjPbPc0nX3LBq+F95y+JKXX0ks=; b=Czht0c1q6iHdvjJOmyVTVFwHaUOm1oBeBEkdyR5nwu4DEQ82B+ulo75MjE/mHvqs0k p/VZn4Hbi22Xg+egn7U5yemKE7itwQ5k/95038FZcnSyhYqZ8TbnmOSeYGjsM5V0HeRu 00tzNJ7bmesD+WFL+2hvr2TPTCz6IHUezrhpc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:from:date :in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=gq9Lzp0FU+n/fcYUGOFCJL4IcyLNlVqb8PBfzXjp6Y1x1YSsinv7kknpCfI4rlqUrd 0iACGTyS3Q9OrA1AhbONaN+AO8s4L2H/3ksSFd/MkBPlOo6tQ3ffmD/XhOCs0Ene6qpV hatPlN2bhp9zmONklkCZZGJHpryF0mOjA2g4o= Received: by 10.204.32.196 with SMTP id e4mr786107bkd.131.1270057955275; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:52:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (abuz2.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.8.197.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm3758001bwz.8.2010.03.31.10.52.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:52:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id o2VHq5fM008773; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:52:15 +0200 Received: (from jnareb@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id o2VHpllV008768; Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:51:47 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: jnareb set sender to jnareb@gmail.com using -f In-Reply-To: <18137.1270056387@relay.known.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: layer writes: > In git 1.6.6.1 & 1.6.3.3, "git branch -a" output is like this > > * master > remotes/origin/foo > ... > > instead of like this for 1.6.1.3 > > * master > origin/foo > ... > > > Is this a feature or bug? I searched the mailing list archives and > announcements couldn't find any reference to this change. > > This is important to me because I use the output of "git branch -a" in > scripts. Don't use git-branch output in scripts; git-branch is porcelain and its output is meant for end user and is subject to change! Use either git-show-ref, or powerfull git-for-each-ref. -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git