Does git log --branches work?

Question

I can\'t seem to get git log --branches to correctly filter its output. It seems as if Git ignores it.

For example, the head of git log --graph --

Answer 1

Let's say your history looked like this

  d -- e [refs/tags/release1]
 /
a -- b -- c [refs/heads/master]
      \
       f -- g [refs/heads/dev1]
        \
         h [refs/heads/dev2]

If you do git log --branches it's the same git log master dev1 dev2, so you'll see commits a,b,c,f,g and h. If you did git log release1 --branches=dev* it's the same as git log release1 dev1 dev2. You'll see a,d,e,b,f,g, and h, but not c.