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 571 <div id="header">
 572 <h1>
 573 git-branch(1) Manual Page
 574 </h1>
 575 <h2>NAME</h2>
 576 <div class="sectionbody">
 577 <p>git-branch -
 578    List, create, or delete branches
 579 </p>
 580 </div>
 581 </div>
 582 <div id="content">
 583 <h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
 584 <div class="sectionbody">
 585 <div class="verseblock">
 586 <div class="verseblock-content"><em>git branch</em> [--color[=&lt;when&gt;] | --no-color] [-r | -a]
 587         [--list] [-v [--abbrev=&lt;length&gt; | --no-abbrev]]
 588         [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [&lt;commit&gt;]] [&lt;pattern&gt;&#8230;]
 589 <em>git branch</em> [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] &lt;branchname&gt; [&lt;start-point&gt;]
 590 <em>git branch</em> (-m | -M) [&lt;oldbranch&gt;] &lt;newbranch&gt;
 591 <em>git branch</em> (-d | -D) [-r] &lt;branchname&gt;&#8230;</div>
 592 <div class="verseblock-attribution">
 593 </div></div>
 594 </div>
 595 <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
 596 <div class="sectionbody">
 597 <div class="paragraph"><p>With no arguments, existing branches are listed and the current branch will
 598 be highlighted with an asterisk.  Option <tt>-r</tt> causes the remote-tracking
 599 branches to be listed, and option <tt>-a</tt> shows both. This list mode is also
 600 activated by the <tt>--list</tt> option (see below).
 601 &lt;pattern&gt; restricts the output to matching branches, the pattern is a shell
 602 wildcard (i.e., matched using fnmatch(3))
 603 Multiple patterns may be given; if any of them matches, the tag is shown.</p></div>
 604 <div class="paragraph"><p>With <tt>--contains</tt>, shows only the branches that contain the named commit
 605 (in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendants of the
 606 named commit).  With <tt>--merged</tt>, only branches merged into the named
 607 commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named
 608 commit) will be listed.  With <tt>--no-merged</tt> only branches not merged into
 609 the named commit will be listed.  If the &lt;commit&gt; argument is missing it
 610 defaults to <em>HEAD</em> (i.e. the tip of the current branch).</p></div>
 611 <div class="paragraph"><p>The command&#8217;s second form creates a new branch head named &lt;branchname&gt;
 612 which points to the current <em>HEAD</em>, or &lt;start-point&gt; if given.</p></div>
 613 <div class="paragraph"><p>Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
 614 working tree to it; use "git checkout &lt;newbranch&gt;" to switch to the
 615 new branch.</p></div>
 616 <div class="paragraph"><p>When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the
 617 branch so that <em>git pull</em> will appropriately merge from
 618 the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
 619 <tt>branch.autosetupmerge</tt> configuration flag. That setting can be
 620 overridden by using the <tt>--track</tt> and <tt>--no-track</tt> options, and
 621 changed later using <tt>git branch --set-upstream</tt>.</p></div>
 622 <div class="paragraph"><p>With a <em>-m</em> or <em>-M</em> option, &lt;oldbranch&gt; will be renamed to &lt;newbranch&gt;.
 623 If &lt;oldbranch&gt; had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match
 624 &lt;newbranch&gt;, and a reflog entry is created to remember the branch
 625 renaming. If &lt;newbranch&gt; exists, -M must be used to force the rename
 626 to happen.</p></div>
 627 <div class="paragraph"><p>With a <tt>-d</tt> or <tt>-D</tt> option, <tt>&lt;branchname&gt;</tt> will be deleted.  You may
 628 specify more than one branch for deletion.  If the branch currently
 629 has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted.</p></div>
 630 <div class="paragraph"><p>Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it
 631 only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist
 632 in the remote repository or if <em>git fetch</em> was configured not to fetch
 633 them again. See also the <em>prune</em> subcommand of <a href="git-remote.html">git-remote(1)</a> for a
 634 way to clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches.</p></div>
 635 </div>
 636 <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
 637 <div class="sectionbody">
 638 <div class="dlist"><dl>
 639 <dt class="hdlist1">
 640 -d
 641 </dt>
 642 <dt class="hdlist1">
 643 --delete
 644 </dt>
 645 <dd>
 646 <p>
 647         Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged in its
 648         upstream branch, or in <tt>HEAD</tt> if no upstream was set with
 649         <tt>--track</tt> or <tt>--set-upstream</tt>.
 650 </p>
 651 </dd>
 652 <dt class="hdlist1">
 653 -D
 654 </dt>
 655 <dd>
 656 <p>
 657         Delete a branch irrespective of its merged status.
 658 </p>
 659 </dd>
 660 <dt class="hdlist1">
 661 -l
 662 </dt>
 663 <dt class="hdlist1">
 664 --create-reflog
 665 </dt>
 666 <dd>
 667 <p>
 668         Create the branch&#8217;s reflog.  This activates recording of
 669         all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date
 670         based sha1 expressions such as "&lt;branchname&gt;@{yesterday}".
 671         Note that in non-bare repositories, reflogs are usually
 672         enabled by default by the <tt>core.logallrefupdates</tt> config option.
 673 </p>
 674 </dd>
 675 <dt class="hdlist1">
 676 -f
 677 </dt>
 678 <dt class="hdlist1">
 679 --force
 680 </dt>
 681 <dd>
 682 <p>
 683         Reset &lt;branchname&gt; to &lt;startpoint&gt; if &lt;branchname&gt; exists
 684         already. Without <tt>-f</tt> <em>git branch</em> refuses to change an existing branch.
 685 </p>
 686 </dd>
 687 <dt class="hdlist1">
 688 -m
 689 </dt>
 690 <dt class="hdlist1">
 691 --move
 692 </dt>
 693 <dd>
 694 <p>
 695         Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog.
 696 </p>
 697 </dd>
 698 <dt class="hdlist1">
 699 -M
 700 </dt>
 701 <dd>
 702 <p>
 703         Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists.
 704 </p>
 705 </dd>
 706 <dt class="hdlist1">
 707 --color[=&lt;when&gt;]
 708 </dt>
 709 <dd>
 710 <p>
 711         Color branches to highlight current, local, and
 712         remote-tracking branches.
 713         The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
 714 </p>
 715 </dd>
 716 <dt class="hdlist1">
 717 --no-color
 718 </dt>
 719 <dd>
 720 <p>
 721         Turn off branch colors, even when the configuration file gives the
 722         default to color output.
 723         Same as <tt>--color=never</tt>.
 724 </p>
 725 </dd>
 726 <dt class="hdlist1">
 727 -r
 728 </dt>
 729 <dt class="hdlist1">
 730 --remotes
 731 </dt>
 732 <dd>
 733 <p>
 734         List or delete (if used with -d) the remote-tracking branches.
 735 </p>
 736 </dd>
 737 <dt class="hdlist1">
 738 -a
 739 </dt>
 740 <dt class="hdlist1">
 741 --all
 742 </dt>
 743 <dd>
 744 <p>
 745         List both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
 746 </p>
 747 </dd>
 748 <dt class="hdlist1">
 749 --list
 750 </dt>
 751 <dd>
 752 <p>
 753         Activate the list mode. <tt>git branch &lt;pattern&gt;</tt> would try to create a branch,
 754         use <tt>git branch --list &lt;pattern&gt;</tt> to list matching branches.
 755 </p>
 756 </dd>
 757 <dt class="hdlist1">
 758 -v
 759 </dt>
 760 <dt class="hdlist1">
 761 --verbose
 762 </dt>
 763 <dd>
 764 <p>
 765         When in list mode,
 766         show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with
 767         relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print
 768         the name of the upstream branch, as well.
 769 </p>
 770 </dd>
 771 <dt class="hdlist1">
 772 --abbrev=&lt;length&gt;
 773 </dt>
 774 <dd>
 775 <p>
 776         Alter the sha1&#8217;s minimum display length in the output listing.
 777         The default value is 7 and can be overridden by the <tt>core.abbrev</tt>
 778         config option.
 779 </p>
 780 </dd>
 781 <dt class="hdlist1">
 782 --no-abbrev
 783 </dt>
 784 <dd>
 785 <p>
 786         Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them.
 787 </p>
 788 </dd>
 789 <dt class="hdlist1">
 790 -t
 791 </dt>
 792 <dt class="hdlist1">
 793 --track
 794 </dt>
 795 <dd>
 796 <p>
 797         When creating a new branch, set up configuration to mark the
 798         start-point branch as "upstream" from the new branch. This
 799         configuration will tell git to show the relationship between the
 800         two branches in <tt>git status</tt> and <tt>git branch -v</tt>. Furthermore,
 801         it directs <tt>git pull</tt> without arguments to pull from the
 802         upstream when the new branch is checked out.
 803 </p>
 804 <div class="paragraph"><p>This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch.
 805 Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to <tt>false</tt> if you
 806 want <tt>git checkout</tt> and <tt>git branch</tt> to always behave as if <em>--no-track</em>
 807 were given. Set it to <tt>always</tt> if you want this behavior when the
 808 start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.</p></div>
 809 </dd>
 810 <dt class="hdlist1">
 811 --no-track
 812 </dt>
 813 <dd>
 814 <p>
 815         Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
 816         branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true.
 817 </p>
 818 </dd>
 819 <dt class="hdlist1">
 820 --set-upstream
 821 </dt>
 822 <dd>
 823 <p>
 824         If specified branch does not exist yet or if <em>--force</em> has been
 825         given, acts exactly like <em>--track</em>. Otherwise sets up configuration
 826         like <em>--track</em> would when creating the branch, except that where
 827         branch points to is not changed.
 828 </p>
 829 </dd>
 830 <dt class="hdlist1">
 831 --contains &lt;commit&gt;
 832 </dt>
 833 <dd>
 834 <p>
 835         Only list branches which contain the specified commit.
 836 </p>
 837 </dd>
 838 <dt class="hdlist1">
 839 --merged [&lt;commit&gt;]
 840 </dt>
 841 <dd>
 842 <p>
 843         Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the
 844         specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
 845 </p>
 846 </dd>
 847 <dt class="hdlist1">
 848 --no-merged [&lt;commit&gt;]
 849 </dt>
 850 <dd>
 851 <p>
 852         Only list branches whose tips are not reachable from the
 853         specified commit (HEAD if not specified).
 854 </p>
 855 </dd>
 856 <dt class="hdlist1">
 857 &lt;branchname&gt;
 858 </dt>
 859 <dd>
 860 <p>
 861         The name of the branch to create or delete.
 862         The new branch name must pass all checks defined by
 863         <a href="git-check-ref-format.html">git-check-ref-format(1)</a>.  Some of these checks
 864         may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
 865 </p>
 866 </dd>
 867 <dt class="hdlist1">
 868 &lt;start-point&gt;
 869 </dt>
 870 <dd>
 871 <p>
 872         The new branch head will point to this commit.  It may be
 873         given as a branch name, a commit-id, or a tag.  If this
 874         option is omitted, the current HEAD will be used instead.
 875 </p>
 876 </dd>
 877 <dt class="hdlist1">
 878 &lt;oldbranch&gt;
 879 </dt>
 880 <dd>
 881 <p>
 882         The name of an existing branch to rename.
 883 </p>
 884 </dd>
 885 <dt class="hdlist1">
 886 &lt;newbranch&gt;
 887 </dt>
 888 <dd>
 889 <p>
 890         The new name for an existing branch. The same restrictions as for
 891         &lt;branchname&gt; apply.
 892 </p>
 893 </dd>
 894 </dl></div>
 895 </div>
 896 <h2 id="_examples">Examples</h2>
 897 <div class="sectionbody">
 898 <div class="dlist"><dl>
 899 <dt class="hdlist1">
 900 Start development from a known tag
 901 </dt>
 902 <dd>
 903 <div class="listingblock">
 904 <div class="content">
 905 <pre><tt>$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
 906 $ cd my2.6
 907 $ git branch my2.6.14 v2.6.14   <b>&lt;1&gt;</b>
 908 $ git checkout my2.6.14</tt></pre>
 909 </div></div>
 910 <div class="colist arabic"><ol>
 911 <li>
 912 <p>
 913 This step and the next one could be combined into a single step with
 914 "checkout -b my2.6.14 v2.6.14".
 915 </p>
 916 </li>
 917 </ol></div>
 918 </dd>
 919 <dt class="hdlist1">
 920 Delete an unneeded branch
 921 </dt>
 922 <dd>
 923 <div class="listingblock">
 924 <div class="content">
 925 <pre><tt>$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/.../git.git my.git
 926 $ cd my.git
 927 $ git branch -d -r origin/todo origin/html origin/man   <b>&lt;1&gt;</b>
 928 $ git branch -D test                                    <b>&lt;2&gt;</b></tt></pre>
 929 </div></div>
 930 <div class="colist arabic"><ol>
 931 <li>
 932 <p>
 933 Delete the remote-tracking branches "todo", "html" and "man". The next
 934 <em>fetch</em> or <em>pull</em> will create them again unless you configure them not to.
 935 See <a href="git-fetch.html">git-fetch(1)</a>.
 936 </p>
 937 </li>
 938 <li>
 939 <p>
 940 Delete the "test" branch even if the "master" branch (or whichever branch
 941 is currently checked out) does not have all commits from the test branch.
 942 </p>
 943 </li>
 944 </ol></div>
 945 </dd>
 946 </dl></div>
 947 </div>
 948 <h2 id="_notes">Notes</h2>
 949 <div class="sectionbody">
 950 <div class="paragraph"><p>If you are creating a branch that you want to checkout immediately, it is
 951 easier to use the git checkout command with its <tt>-b</tt> option to create
 952 a branch and check it out with a single command.</p></div>
 953 <div class="paragraph"><p>The options <tt>--contains</tt>, <tt>--merged</tt> and <tt>--no-merged</tt> serve three related
 954 but different purposes:</p></div>
 955 <div class="ulist"><ul>
 956 <li>
 957 <p>
 958 <tt>--contains &lt;commit&gt;</tt> is used to find all branches which will need
 959   special attention if &lt;commit&gt; were to be rebased or amended, since those
 960   branches contain the specified &lt;commit&gt;.
 961 </p>
 962 </li>
 963 <li>
 964 <p>
 965 <tt>--merged</tt> is used to find all branches which can be safely deleted,
 966   since those branches are fully contained by HEAD.
 967 </p>
 968 </li>
 969 <li>
 970 <p>
 971 <tt>--no-merged</tt> is used to find branches which are candidates for merging
 972   into HEAD, since those branches are not fully contained by HEAD.
 973 </p>
 974 </li>
 975 </ul></div>
 976 </div>
 977 <h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
 978 <div class="sectionbody">
 979 <div class="paragraph"><p><a href="git-check-ref-format.html">git-check-ref-format(1)</a>,
 980 <a href="git-fetch.html">git-fetch(1)</a>,
 981 <a href="git-remote.html">git-remote(1)</a>,
 982 <a href="user-manual.html#what-is-a-branch">&#8220;Understanding history: What is
 983 a branch?&#8221;</a> in the Git User&#8217;s Manual.</p></div>
 984 </div>
 985 <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
 986 <div class="sectionbody">
 987 <div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
 988 </div>
 989 </div>
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 991 <div id="footer">
 992 <div id="footer-text">
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