6 git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits.
10 'git-show-branch [--all] [--heads] [--tags] [--topo-order] [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] [--no-name | --sha1-name] [<rev> | <glob>]...'
15 Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
16 with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads
17 and/or $GIT_DIR/refs/tags) semi-visually.
19 It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
21 It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
22 no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line.
28 Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see `git-rev-parse`)
29 that typically names a branch HEAD or a tag.
32 A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
33 $GIT_DIR/refs. For example, if you have many topic
34 branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
35 `topic/*` would show all of them.
37 --all --heads --tags::
38 Show all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs, $GIT_DIR/refs/heads,
39 and $GIT_DIR/refs/tags, respectively.
42 By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
43 reverse chronological order. This option makes them
44 appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
45 are shown before their parents).
48 Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
49 that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This
50 flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
51 beyond that. When <n> is negative, display only the
52 <reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry
56 Synonym to `--more=-1`
59 Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
60 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept
64 Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
65 cannot be reached from any other <reference>.
68 Do not show naming strings for each commit.
71 Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach
72 them from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent
73 of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
76 Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
77 are mutually exclusive.
82 Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
83 description from their commit message. The branch head that is
84 pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk '*'
85 character while other heads are prefixed with a '!' character.
87 Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
88 displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th
89 branch, the I-th indentation character shows a '+' sign;
90 otherwise it shows a space. Each commit shows a short name that
91 can be used as an extended SHA1 to name that commit.
93 The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
96 ------------------------------------------------
97 $ git show-branch master fixes mhf
98 ! [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
99 ! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
100 ! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
102 + [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
103 + [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads.
104 + [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
105 + [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
106 + [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
107 + [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
108 + [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
109 + [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
110 + [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
111 + [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
112 +++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
113 ------------------------------------------------
115 These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
116 whose commit message is "Add 'git show-branch'. "fixes" branch
117 adds one commit 'Introduce "reset type"'. "mhf" branch has many
124 If you keep your primary branches immediately under
125 `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
126 it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
130 default = --topo-order
135 With this,`git show-branch` without extra parameters would show
136 only the primary branches.
142 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
147 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
152 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite