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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Strange behavior (possible bug) using bash command subsitution 
	with "git branch"
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:46:33 +0100
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Heya

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 23:11, Kate Ebneter <kate@ning.com> wrote:
> That is, if you run 'git branch' inside $() or ``, it lists the directories,
> too. I can't imagine that this is intended behavior, but perhaps I'm wrong.

Try enclosing it in quotes ;).

That is, compare:
$ echo "`git branch`"
with
$ echo `git branch`

The kicker is that there's a * in the output of git branch, which your
shell helpfully substitutes with the contents of your current
directory :).

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier