6 git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
11 'git-show-branch' [--all] [--heads] [--tags] [--topo-order] [--current]
12 [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
13 [--no-name | --sha1-name] [<rev> | <glob>]...
18 Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
19 with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads
20 and/or $GIT_DIR/refs/tags) semi-visually.
22 It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
24 It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
25 no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line.
31 Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see `git-rev-parse`)
32 that typically names a branch HEAD or a tag.
35 A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
36 $GIT_DIR/refs. For example, if you have many topic
37 branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
38 `topic/*` would show all of them.
40 --all --heads --tags::
41 Show all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs, $GIT_DIR/refs/heads,
42 and $GIT_DIR/refs/tags, respectively.
45 With this option, the command includes the current
46 branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not
47 given on the command line.
50 By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
51 reverse chronological order. This option makes them
52 appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
53 are shown before their parents).
56 By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
57 from only one tip being shown. This option makes them
61 Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
62 that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This
63 flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
64 beyond that. When <n> is negative, display only the
65 <reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry
69 Synonym to `--more=-1`
72 Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
73 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept
77 Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
78 cannot be reached from any other <reference>.
81 Do not show naming strings for each commit.
84 Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach
85 them from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent
86 of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
89 Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
90 are mutually exclusive.
95 Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
96 description from their commit message. The branch head that is
97 pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*`
98 character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character.
100 Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
101 displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th
102 branch, the I-th indentation character shows a `+` sign;
103 otherwise it shows a space. Merge commits are denoted by
104 a `-` sign. Each commit shows a short name that
105 can be used as an extended SHA1 to name that commit.
107 The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
110 ------------------------------------------------
111 $ git show-branch master fixes mhf
112 * [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
113 ! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
114 ! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
116 + [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
117 + [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads.
118 + [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
119 + [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
120 + [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
121 + [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
122 + [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
123 + [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
124 + [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
125 + [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
126 *++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
127 ------------------------------------------------
129 These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
130 whose commit message is "Add 'git show-branch'. "fixes" branch
131 adds one commit 'Introduce "reset type"'. "mhf" branch has many
132 other commits. The current branch is "master".
138 If you keep your primary branches immediately under
139 `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
140 it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
144 default = --topo-order
149 With this, `git show-branch` without extra parameters would show
150 only the primary branches. In addition, if you happen to be on
151 your topic branch, it is shown as well.
157 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
162 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
167 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite