Every Day...

[spikey]

Every day I create a branch in my git repo called "list". Every day I delete a branch called "list"...

[Quin]

[Demivec]

Every day I create a branch in my git repo called "list". Every day I delete a branch called "list"...

If I'm right, I'm guessing that you needed to type 'git branch' but thought it seemed more logical to type 'git list'.
If I'm wrong then it sounds instead like something I would have done.

[spikey]

If I'm right...

You're very, very close

[freak]

"git branch list" vs "git branch --list"

I am safe from this because I use "-a" instead

[spikey]

Bingo

[skywalk]

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