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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ba5313d51f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -0,0 +1,193 @@ +git-show-branch(1) +================== + +NAME +---- +git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git-show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current] + [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] + [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]... +'git-show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named +with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads +and/or $GIT_DIR/refs/tags) semi-visually. + +It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time. + +It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if +no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line. + + +OPTIONS +------- +<rev>:: + Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see `git-rev-parse`) + that typically names a branch HEAD or a tag. + +<glob>:: + A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under + $GIT_DIR/refs. For example, if you have many topic + branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving + `topic/*` would show all of them. + +-r|--remotes:: + Show the remote-tracking branches. + +-a|--all:: + Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches. + +--current:: + With this option, the command includes the current + branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not + given on the command line. + +--topo-order:: + By default, the branches and their commits are shown in + reverse chronological order. This option makes them + appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits + are shown before their parents). + +--sparse:: + By default, the output omits merges that are reachable + from only one tip being shown. This option makes them + visible. + +--more=<n>:: + Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit + that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This + flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits + beyond that. When <n> is negative, display only the + <reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry + tree. + +--list:: + Synonym to `--more=-1` + +--merge-base:: + Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the + 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept + more than two heads. + +--independent:: + Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that + cannot be reached from any other <reference>. + +--no-name:: + Do not show naming strings for each commit. + +--sha1-name:: + Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach + them from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent + of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their + object names. + +--topics:: + Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given. + This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that + is already in the main line of development. When given + "git show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this + will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master + topic1 topic2" + +--reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] [<ref>]:: + Shows <n> most recent ref-log entries for the given + ref. If <base> is given, <n> entries going back from + that entry. <base> can be specified as count or date. + `-g` can be used as a short-hand for this option. When + no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the + current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached). + +Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options +are mutually exclusive. + + +OUTPUT +------ +Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line +description from their commit message. The branch head that is +pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*` +character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character. + +Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is +displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th +branch, the I-th indentation character shows a `+` sign; +otherwise it shows a space. Merge commits are denoted by +a `-` sign. Each commit shows a short name that +can be used as an extended SHA1 to name that commit. + +The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes" +and "mhf": + +------------------------------------------------ +$ git show-branch master fixes mhf +* [master] Add 'git show-branch'. + ! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset" + ! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching. +--- + + [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching. + + [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads. + + [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset" + + [mhf~2] "git fetch --force". + + [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin. + + [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin + + [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge' + + [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote. + + [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch. + + [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support. +*++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'. +------------------------------------------------ + +These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master], +whose commit message is "Add 'git show-branch'. "fixes" branch +adds one commit 'Introduce "reset type"'. "mhf" branch has many +other commits. The current branch is "master". + + +EXAMPLE +------- + +If you keep your primary branches immediately under +`$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of +it, having the following in the configuration file may help: + +------------ +[showbranch] + default = --topo-order + default = heads/* + +------------ + +With this, `git show-branch` without extra parameters would show +only the primary branches. In addition, if you happen to be on +your topic branch, it is shown as well. + +------------ +$ git show-branch --reflog='10,1 hour ago' --list master +------------ + +shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago. +Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are +topologically related with each other. + + +Author +------ +Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> + + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Junio C Hamano. + + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |