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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-branch.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | git-branch.sh | 12 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 72fb2f89b4..a7bec3c101 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git-branch' [-r] -'git-branch' [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] +'git-branch' [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] 'git-branch' (-d | -D) <branchname>... DESCRIPTION @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head equal to that of the currently checked out branch. With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted. You may -specify more than one branch for deletion. +specify more than one branch for deletion. If the branch currently +has a ref log then the ref log will also be deleted. OPTIONS @@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ OPTIONS -D:: Delete a branch irrespective of its index status. +-l:: + Create the branch's ref log. This activates recording of + all changes to made the branch ref, enabling use of date + based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@{yesterday}". + -f:: Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting a branch that already exists with the same name. diff --git a/git-branch.sh b/git-branch.sh index d1e3730761..e0501ec23f 100755 --- a/git-branch.sh +++ b/git-branch.sh @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ #!/bin/sh -USAGE='[(-d | -D) <branchname>] | [[-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]] | -r' +USAGE='[-l] [(-d | -D) <branchname>] | [[-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]] | -r' LONG_USAGE='If no arguments, show available branches and mark current branch with a star. If one argument, create a new branch <branchname> based off of current HEAD. If two arguments, create a new branch <branchname> based off of <start-point>.' @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ If you are sure you want to delete it, run 'git branch -D $branch_name'." esac ;; esac + rm -f "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$branch_name" rm -f "$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/$branch_name" echo "Deleted branch $branch_name." done @@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ ls_remote_branches () { } force= +create_log= while case "$#,$1" in 0,*) break ;; *,-*) ;; *) break ;; esac do case "$1" in @@ -69,6 +71,9 @@ do -f) force="$1" ;; + -l) + create_log="yes" + ;; --) shift break @@ -117,4 +122,9 @@ then die "cannot force-update the current branch." fi fi +if test "$create_log" = 'yes' +then + mkdir -p $(dirname "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$branchname") + touch "$GIT_DIR/logs/refs/heads/$branchname" +fi git update-ref -m "branch: Created from $head" "refs/heads/$branchname" $rev |