summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-show-branch.txt')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-branch.txt28
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 51a4e9d6d7..734336119c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ 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 | --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
@@ -57,6 +60,11 @@ 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 +82,11 @@ 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 +117,14 @@ OPTIONS
When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
+--color::
+ Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit
+ corresponding to the branch it's in.
+
+--no-color::
+ Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the
+ default to color output.
+
Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
are mutually exclusive.