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| author |  Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> | 2011-08-28 16:54:32 +0200 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-08-28 22:58:00 -0700 |
| commit | d8d33736b53fb0bef68ca30a64bf7f9ecd872115 (patch) | |
| tree | d2386494dee2899eb73e7a17040ff2e55999aba6 /Documentation | |
| parent | branch: introduce --list option (diff) | |
| download | tgif-d8d33736b53fb0bef68ca30a64bf7f9ecd872115.tar.xz | |
branch: allow pattern arguments
Allow pattern arguments for the list mode just like for git tag -l.
Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index ac278fb154..2b8bc84ae0 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--list] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] - [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] + [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [<pattern>...] 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] 'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch> 'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>... @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ 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` and `-v` options (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 tag is shown. With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contain the named commit (in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendants of the @@ -112,7 +115,8 @@ OPTIONS List both remote-tracking branches and local branches. --list:: - Activate the list mode. + Activate the list mode. `git branch <pattern>` would try to create a branch, + use `git branch --list <pattern>` to list matching branches. -v:: --verbose:: |