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diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 45a225e0aa0ea662393eb65fcb32b702bdd608e6..b7cb625b894d4ba83cb13914e1fd010e1bfaf0d3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-With no arguments, existing branches are listed and the current branch will
-be highlighted with an asterisk.  Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking
-branches to be listed, and option `-a` shows both. This list mode is also
-activated by the `--list` option (see below).
-<pattern> restricts the output to matching branches, the pattern is a shell
-wildcard (i.e., matched using fnmatch(3)).
-Multiple patterns may be given; if any of them matches, the branch is shown.
+If `--list` is given, or if there are no non-option arguments, existing
+branches are listed; the current branch will be highlighted with an
+asterisk.  Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking branches to be listed,
+and option `-a` shows both local and remote branches. If a `<pattern>`
+is given, it is used as a shell wildcard to restrict the output to
+matching branches. If multiple patterns are given, a branch is shown if
+it matches any of the patterns.  Note that when providing a
+`<pattern>`, you must use `--list`; otherwise the command is interpreted
+as branch creation.
 
 With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contain the named commit
 (in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendants of the
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
 working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
 new branch.
 
-When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
+When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, Git sets up the
 branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from
 the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
@@ -193,15 +195,15 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
 
 --contains [<commit>]::
        Only list branches which contain the specified commit (HEAD
-       if not specified).
+       if not specified). Implies `--list`.
 
 --merged [<commit>]::
        Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the
-       specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
+       specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`.
 
 --no-merged [<commit>]::
        Only list branches whose tips are not reachable from the
-       specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
+       specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies `--list`.
 
 <branchname>::
        The name of the branch to create or delete.