Some trickier operations involving branches.

$ git branch
  b1
  b2
  dev_pdev
  emergency
  failed
  fix
  flags
  kerneldoc
  makefile
* master
  mdio
  nb
  net_phy_kconfig
  of
  watchog
  x11_rday
  x11_rday_irq
  x11_rday_phy
  x11iru
  x11iru_irq
$

Verbosely:

$ git branch -v
  b1              d36df409a353 branch b1
  b2              8ed29f15e876 Merge branch 'b1' into b2
  dev_pdev        c4c5cbc5de95 platform.c: standardize on drv/pdrv, dev/pdev names
  emergency       894025f24bd0 Merge tag 'usb-4.15-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb
  failed          99bd7aaa5563 [PATCH] "failed" -> "fail" in some dts files
  fix             5d1d2d55459b second part of fix
  flags           051935978432 Merge branch 'for-4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/libata
  kerneldoc       7201de85450d [PATCH] drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c: misspelled "dev"
  makefile        db5941a490b1 makefile
* master          3a5af36b6d0e Merge tag '4.19-rc3-smb3-cifs' of git://git.samba.org/sfrench/cifs-2.6
  mdio            1397529bc401 phy: Refactor include/uapi/linux/mdio.h
  nb              0b07194bb55e Linux 4.14-rc7
  net_phy_kconfig 2a93d87ebb56 aesthetic fixes to drivers/net/phy/Kconfig
  of              b4e0cbfd71d3 Remove all remaining tests and usages of "chosen@0".
  watchog         d2b752464917 watchdog: fix a small number of "watchog" typos in comments
  x11_rday        247fb595f30e Merge branch 'x11_rday_irq' into x11_rday
  x11_rday_irq    802ba457bfe5 update prototype for irq_set_chained_handler()
  x11_rday_phy    a6fcbb4efb5b remove usage of non-standard bcm8488x_phy_prep_skb_tx
  x11iru          fc5982005698 watchdog: add xenon watchdog, replace dev_*() with pr_*() calls
  x11iru_irq      b75b7f9a1a77 INCOMPLETE state of fixing IRQs
$