1 git-show-branch(1)
2 ==================
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
8 SYNOPSIS
9 --------
10 [verse]
11 'git-show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current]
12 [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
13 [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]...
14 'git-show-branch' --reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] <ref>
16 DESCRIPTION
17 -----------
19 Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
20 with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads
21 and/or $GIT_DIR/refs/tags) semi-visually.
23 It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
25 It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
26 no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line.
29 OPTIONS
30 -------
31 <rev>::
32 Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see `git-rev-parse`)
33 that typically names a branch HEAD or a tag.
35 <glob>::
36 A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
37 $GIT_DIR/refs. For example, if you have many topic
38 branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
39 `topic/*` would show all of them.
41 -r|--remotes::
42 Show the remote-tracking branches.
44 -a|--all::
45 Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
47 --current::
48 With this option, the command includes the current
49 branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not
50 given on the command line.
52 --topo-order::
53 By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
54 reverse chronological order. This option makes them
55 appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
56 are shown before their parents).
58 --sparse::
59 By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
60 from only one tip being shown. This option makes them
61 visible.
63 --more=<n>::
64 Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
65 that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This
66 flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
67 beyond that. When <n> is negative, display only the
68 <reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry
69 tree.
71 --list::
72 Synonym to `--more=-1`
74 --merge-base::
75 Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
76 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept
77 more than two heads.
79 --independent::
80 Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
81 cannot be reached from any other <reference>.
83 --no-name::
84 Do not show naming strings for each commit.
86 --sha1-name::
87 Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach
88 them from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent
89 of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
90 object names.
92 --topics::
93 Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given.
94 This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that
95 is already in the main line of development. When given
96 "git show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this
97 will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master
98 topic1 topic2"
100 --reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] <ref>::
101 Shows <n> most recent ref-log entries for the given
102 ref. If <base> is given, <n> entries going back from
103 that entry. <base> can be specified as count or date
106 Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
107 are mutually exclusive.
110 OUTPUT
111 ------
112 Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
113 description from their commit message. The branch head that is
114 pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*`
115 character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character.
117 Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
118 displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th
119 branch, the I-th indentation character shows a `+` sign;
120 otherwise it shows a space. Merge commits are denoted by
121 a `-` sign. Each commit shows a short name that
122 can be used as an extended SHA1 to name that commit.
124 The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
125 and "mhf":
127 ------------------------------------------------
128 $ git show-branch master fixes mhf
129 * [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
130 ! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
131 ! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
132 ---
133 + [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
134 + [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads.
135 + [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
136 + [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
137 + [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
138 + [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
139 + [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
140 + [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
141 + [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
142 + [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
143 *++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
144 ------------------------------------------------
146 These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
147 whose commit message is "Add 'git show-branch'. "fixes" branch
148 adds one commit 'Introduce "reset type"'. "mhf" branch has many
149 other commits. The current branch is "master".
152 EXAMPLE
153 -------
155 If you keep your primary branches immediately under
156 `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
157 it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
159 ------------
160 [showbranch]
161 default = --topo-order
162 default = heads/*
164 ------------
166 With this, `git show-branch` without extra parameters would show
167 only the primary branches. In addition, if you happen to be on
168 your topic branch, it is shown as well.
170 ------------
171 $ git show-branch --reflog='10,1 hour ago' --list master
172 ------------
174 shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago.
175 Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are
176 topologically related with each other.
179 Author
180 ------
181 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
184 Documentation
185 --------------
186 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
189 GIT
190 ---
191 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite