6 git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
11 'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
12 [--current] [--color | --no-color] [--sparse]
13 [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
14 [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
17 'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
22 Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
23 with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads
24 and/or $GIT_DIR/refs/tags) semi-visually.
26 It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
28 It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
29 no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line.
35 Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1])
36 that typically names a branch head or a tag.
39 A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
40 $GIT_DIR/refs. For example, if you have many topic
41 branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
42 `topic/*` would show all of them.
46 Show the remote-tracking branches.
50 Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
53 With this option, the command includes the current
54 branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not
55 given on the command line.
58 By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
59 reverse chronological order. This option makes them
60 appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
61 are shown before their parents).
64 This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no
65 parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise commits
66 are ordered according to their commit date.
69 By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
70 from only one tip being shown. This option makes them
74 Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
75 that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This
76 flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
77 beyond that. When <n> is negative, display only the
78 <reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry
82 Synonym to `--more=-1`
85 Instead of showing the commit list, determine possible
86 merge bases for the specified commits. All merge bases
87 will be contained in all specified commits. This is
88 different from how linkgit:git-merge-base[1] handles
89 the case of three or more commits.
92 Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
93 cannot be reached from any other <reference>.
96 Do not show naming strings for each commit.
99 Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach
100 them from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent
101 of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
105 Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given.
106 This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that
107 is already in the main line of development. When given
108 "git show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this
109 will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master
113 --reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] [<ref>]::
114 Shows <n> most recent ref-log entries for the given
115 ref. If <base> is given, <n> entries going back from
116 that entry. <base> can be specified as count or date.
117 When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
118 current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
121 Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit
122 corresponding to the branch it's in.
125 Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the
126 default to color output.
128 Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
129 are mutually exclusive.
134 Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
135 description from their commit message. The branch head that is
136 pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*`
137 character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character.
139 Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
140 displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th
141 branch, the I-th indentation character shows a `+` sign;
142 otherwise it shows a space. Merge commits are denoted by
143 a `-` sign. Each commit shows a short name that
144 can be used as an extended SHA1 to name that commit.
146 The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
149 ------------------------------------------------
150 $ git show-branch master fixes mhf
151 * [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
152 ! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
153 ! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
155 + [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
156 + [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads.
157 + [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
158 + [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
159 + [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
160 + [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
161 + [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
162 + [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
163 + [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
164 + [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
165 *++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
166 ------------------------------------------------
168 These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
169 whose commit message is "Add \'git show-branch\'". The "fixes"
170 branch adds one commit "Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"".
171 The "mhf" branch adds many other commits. The current branch
178 If you keep your primary branches immediately under
179 `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
180 it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
184 default = --topo-order
189 With this, `git show-branch` without extra parameters would show
190 only the primary branches. In addition, if you happen to be on
191 your topic branch, it is shown as well.
194 $ git show-branch --reflog="10,1 hour ago" --list master
197 shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago.
198 Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are
199 topologically related with each other.
204 Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
209 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
214 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite