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diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 0fd58083eb..fc5a4a602f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -8,24 +8,27 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged] - [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] - [--contains <commit>] -'git-branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] -'git-branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch> -'git-branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>... +'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] + [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] + [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] +'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] +'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch> +'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>... DESCRIPTION ----------- -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. -With `--contains <commit>`, shows only the branches that -contains the named commit (in other words, the branches whose -tip commits are descendant of the named commit). -With `--merged`, only branches merged into HEAD will be listed, and -with `--no-merged` only branches not merged into HEAD will be listed. + +With no arguments, existing branches are listed, the current branch will +be highlighted with an asterisk. Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking +branches to be listed, and option `-a` shows both. + +With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contains the named commit +(in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendant of the +named commit). With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named +commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named +commit) will be listed. With `--no-merged` only branches not merged into +the named commit will be listed. Missing <commit> argument defaults to +'HEAD' (i.e. the tip of the current branch). 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>. @@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the new branch. When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the -branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from +branch so that 'git-pull' will appropriately merge from the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. @@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted. Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist -in remote repository or if linkgit:git-fetch[1] was configured not to fetch +in remote repository or if 'git-fetch' was configured not to fetch them again. See also 'prune' subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1] for way to clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches. @@ -107,14 +110,14 @@ OPTIONS Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them. --track:: - When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull + When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that 'git-pull' will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch. Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want - git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if '--no-track' were + 'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the start-point is either a local or remote branch. |