Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-branch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index b3e62ed011f0a99ce3f173a3f22758edc457f72b..6103d62fe3dca23c78b16dbdbb5ba231a6b39bf7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -8,24 +8,27 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]
-          [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
-          [--contains <commit>]
+'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a]
+       [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
+       [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]]
 'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
 'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
 'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-With no arguments given a list of existing branches
-will be shown, the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk.
-Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking branches to be listed,
-and option `-a` shows both.
-With `--contains <commit>`, shows only the branches that
-contains the named commit (in other words, the branches whose
-tip commits are descendant of the named commit).
-With `--merged`, only branches merged into HEAD will be listed, and
-with `--no-merged` only branches not merged into HEAD will be listed.
+
+With no arguments, existing branches are listed, the current branch will
+be highlighted with an asterisk.  Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking
+branches to be listed, and option `-a` shows both.
+
+With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contains the named commit
+(in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendant of the
+named commit).  With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named
+commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named
+commit) will be listed.  With `--no-merged` only branches not merged into
+the named commit will be listed.  Missing <commit> argument defaults to
+'HEAD' (i.e. the tip of the current branch).
 
 In its second form, a new branch named <branchname> will be created.
 It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>.
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@ but different purposes:
 
 Author
 ------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
 
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