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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt index 734336119c..a8e77b5350 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt @@ -9,19 +9,18 @@ SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order] - [--current] [--color | --no-color] [--sparse] + [--current] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--sparse] [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] - [<rev> | <glob>]... - + [(<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. @@ -32,13 +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:: @@ -117,13 +116,15 @@ 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. @@ -166,17 +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\'". 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". +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: ------------ @@ -198,17 +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 |