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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index 7e9ff3762b..a8e77b5350 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -8,17 +8,19 @@ git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current] +'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order] + [--current] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--sparse] [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] - [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]... + [--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. +with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under refs/heads +and/or refs/tags) semi-visually. It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time. @@ -29,13 +31,13 @@ no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line. OPTIONS ------- <rev>:: - Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) + Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7]) 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 + refs/. For example, if you have many topic + branches under refs/heads/topic, giving `topic/*` would show all of them. -r:: @@ -57,6 +59,11 @@ OPTIONS appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits are shown before their parents). +--date-order:: + This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no + parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise commits + are ordered according to their commit date. + --sparse:: By default, the output omits merges that are reachable from only one tip being shown. This option makes them @@ -74,9 +81,11 @@ OPTIONS 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. + Instead of showing the commit list, determine possible + merge bases for the specified commits. All merge bases + will be contained in all specified commits. This is + different from how linkgit:git-merge-base[1] handles + the case of three or more commits. --independent:: Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that @@ -107,6 +116,16 @@ OPTIONS When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached). +--color[=<when>]:: + Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit + corresponding to the branch it's in. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. + +--no-color:: + Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the + default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. + Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options are mutually exclusive. @@ -148,16 +167,17 @@ $ git show-branch master fixes mhf ------------------------------------------------ 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". +whose commit message is "Add {apostrophe}git show-branch{apostrophe}". +The "fixes" branch adds one commit "Introduce "reset type" flag to +"git reset"". The "mhf" branch adds 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 +`refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of it, having the following in the configuration file may help: ------------ @@ -179,17 +199,6 @@ 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 <gitster@pobox.com> - - -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Junio C Hamano. - - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |