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From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] branch doc: Change `git branch <pattern>` to use `<branchname>`
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 12:03:26 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170323120326.19051-1-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)

Change an example for `git branch <pattern>` to say `git branch
<branchname>` to be consistent with the synopsis. This changes
documentation added in d8d33736b5 ("branch: allow pattern arguments",
2011-08-28).

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-branch.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 092f1bcf9f..e65e5c0dee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode.
 	List both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
 
 --list::
-	Activate the list mode. `git branch <pattern>` would try to create a branch,
+	Activate the list mode. `git branch <branchname>` would try to create a branch,
 	use `git branch --list <pattern>` to list matching branches.
 
 -v::
-- 
2.11.0


             reply	other threads:[~2017-03-23 12:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-03-23 12:03 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2017-03-23 17:01 ` [PATCH] branch doc: Change `git branch <pattern>` to use `<branchname>` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-23 17:44   ` Ramsay Jones
2017-03-23 19:01     ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-23 21:07   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-03-23 21:31     ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-24  0:48       ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-03-24  4:56         ` [PATCH] branch doc: update description for `--list` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-24  5:00           ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-03-24 11:06           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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