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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index 89ec5364ec..f1499bba88 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -8,19 +8,20 @@ git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order] - [--current] [--color | --no-color] +'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>]... + '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. @@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ OPTIONS <glob>:: A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under - $GIT_DIR/refs. For example, if you have many topic - branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving + refs/. For example, if you have many topic + branches under refs/heads/topic, giving `topic/*` would show all of them. -r:: @@ -81,9 +82,11 @@ OPTIONS Synonym to `--more=-1` --merge-base:: - Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the - 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept - more than two heads. + Instead of showing the commit list, determine possible + merge bases for the specified commits. All merge bases + will be contained in all specified commits. This is + different from how linkgit:git-merge-base[1] handles + the case of three or more commits. --independent:: Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that @@ -114,13 +117,15 @@ OPTIONS When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached). ---color:: +--color[=<when>]:: Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit corresponding to the branch it's in. + The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. --no-color:: Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the default to color output. + Same as `--color=never`. Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options are mutually exclusive. @@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ EXAMPLE ------- If you keep your primary branches immediately under -`$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: ------------ |