X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-branch.txt;h=cbd427587188d81726445183f772f02982736e6a;hb=40bad52d7d559177e373127f50c7bb3a19d56d85;hp=39cd5d961f4696c36b3050c880af413c95da9282;hpb=7be9467204de4680e84c366cb30ff05c1c10edbd;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt index 39cd5d961..cbd427587 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt @@ -8,26 +8,29 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git-branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged] - [-v [--abbrev= | --no-abbrev]] - [--contains ] -'git-branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] [] -'git-branch' (-m | -M) [] -'git-branch' (-d | -D) [-r] ... +'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] + [-v [--abbrev= | --no-abbrev]] + [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) []] +'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] [] +'git branch' (-m | -M) [] +'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] ... 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 `, 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. - -In its second form, a new branch named will be created. + +With no arguments, existing branches are listed and 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 contain the named commit +(in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendants 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. If the argument is missing it +defaults to 'HEAD' (i.e. the tip of the current branch). + +In the command's second form, a new branch named will be created. It will start out with a head equal to the one given as . If no is given, the branch will be created with a head equal to that of the currently checked out branch. @@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ working tree to it; use "git checkout " to switch to the new branch. When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the -branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from +branch so that 'git-pull' will appropriately merge from the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options. @@ -54,9 +57,9 @@ has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted. Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist -in remote repository or if linkgit:git-fetch[1] was configured not to fetch -them again. See also 'prune' subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1] for way to -clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches. +in the remote repository or if 'git-fetch' was configured not to fetch +them again. See also the 'prune' subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1] for a +way to clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches. OPTIONS @@ -73,14 +76,14 @@ OPTIONS based sha1 expressions such as "@\{yesterday}". -f:: - Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting - a branch that already exists with the same name. + Reset to if exists + already. Without `-f` 'git-branch' refuses to change an existing branch. -m:: Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog. -M:: - Move/rename a branch even if the new branchname already exists. + Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists. --color:: Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches. @@ -97,29 +100,34 @@ OPTIONS -v:: --verbose:: - Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head. + Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with + relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print + the name of the upstream branch, as well. --abbrev=:: - Alter minimum display length for sha1 in output listing, - default value is 7. + Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing. + The default value is 7. --no-abbrev:: - Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them. + Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them. --track:: - When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull - will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be - a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch - into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull - " explicitly. This behavior is the default - when the start point is a remote branch. Set the - branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want - git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if '--no-track' were - given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the - start-point is either a local or remote branch. + When creating a new branch, set up configuration to mark the + start-point branch as "upstream" from the new branch. This + configuration will tell git to show the relationship between the + two branches in `git status` and `git branch -v`. Furthermore, + it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the + upstream when the new branch is checked out. ++ +This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch. +Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you +want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' +were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the +start-point is either a local or remote branch. --no-track:: - Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable. + Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the + branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true. --contains :: Only list branches which contain the specified commit. @@ -146,13 +154,13 @@ OPTIONS :: The new name for an existing branch. The same restrictions as for - applies. + apply. Examples -------- -Start development off of a known tag:: +Start development from a known tag:: + ------------ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6 @@ -164,7 +172,7 @@ $ git checkout my2.6.14 <1> This step and the next one could be combined into a single step with "checkout -b my2.6.14 v2.6.14". -Delete unneeded branch:: +Delete an unneeded branch:: + ------------ $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/.../git.git my.git @@ -173,21 +181,21 @@ $ git branch -d -r origin/todo origin/html origin/man <1> $ git branch -D test <2> ------------ + -<1> Delete remote-tracking branches "todo", "html", "man". Next 'fetch' or -'pull' will create them again unless you configure them not to. See -linkgit:git-fetch[1]. -<2> Delete "test" branch even if the "master" branch (or whichever branch is -currently checked out) does not have all commits from test branch. +<1> Delete the remote-tracking branches "todo", "html" and "man". The next +'fetch' or 'pull' will create them again unless you configure them not to. +See linkgit:git-fetch[1]. +<2> Delete the "test" branch even if the "master" branch (or whichever branch +is currently checked out) does not have all commits from the test branch. Notes ----- -If you are creating a branch that you want to immediately checkout, it's +If you are creating a branch that you want to checkout immediately, it is easier to use the git checkout command with its `-b` option to create a branch and check it out with a single command. -The options `--contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged` serves three related +The options `--contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged` serve three related but different purposes: - `--contains ` is used to find all branches which will need