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| author |  Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-11-24 03:43:46 -0800 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> | 2006-11-24 03:43:46 -0800 |
| commit | 5b6be4ccb5fe45fba7ab6b9c332ed96ca806693f (patch) | |
| tree | bc49211263e7181eb51d368e20bf575313948d4b /Documentation | |
| parent | Merge branch 'ap/prune' (diff) | |
| parent | Add support to git-branch to show local and remote branches (diff) | |
| download | tgif-5b6be4ccb5fe45fba7ab6b9c332ed96ca806693f.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'ap/branch-ref-display'
* ap/branch-ref-display:
Add support to git-branch to show local and remote branches
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index d43ef1dec4..5376760813 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -8,14 +8,16 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches. SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-branch' [-r] +'git-branch' [-r] [-a] 'git-branch' [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] 'git-branch' (-d | -D) <branchname>... DESCRIPTION ----------- -With no arguments given (or just `-r`) a list of available branches +With no arguments given a list of existing branches will be shown, the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk. +Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking branches to be listed, +and option `-a` shows both. In its second form, a new branch named <branchname> will be created. It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>. @@ -45,7 +47,10 @@ OPTIONS a branch that already exists with the same name. -r:: - List only the "remote" branches. + List the remote-tracking branches. + +-a:: + List both remote-tracking branches and local branches. <branchname>:: The name of the branch to create or delete. |