6 git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
11 'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
12 [--current] [--color | --no-color]
13 [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
14 [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
16 'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
21 Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
22 with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads
23 and/or $GIT_DIR/refs/tags) semi-visually.
25 It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
27 It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
28 no <rev> nor <glob> is given on the command line.
34 Arbitrary extended SHA1 expression (see linkgit:git-rev-parse[1])
35 that typically names a branch head or a tag.
38 A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
39 $GIT_DIR/refs. For example, if you have many topic
40 branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
41 `topic/*` would show all of them.
45 Show the remote-tracking branches.
49 Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
52 With this option, the command includes the current
53 branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not
54 given on the command line.
57 By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
58 reverse chronological order. This option makes them
59 appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
60 are shown before their parents).
63 This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no
64 parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise commits
65 are ordered according to their commit date.
68 By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
69 from only one tip being shown. This option makes them
73 Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
74 that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This
75 flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
76 beyond that. When <n> is negative, display only the
77 <reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry
81 Synonym to `--more=-1`
84 Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
85 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept
89 Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
90 cannot be reached from any other <reference>.
93 Do not show naming strings for each commit.
96 Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach
97 them from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent
98 of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
102 Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given.
103 This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that
104 is already in the main line of development. When given
105 "git show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this
106 will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master
110 --reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] [<ref>]::
111 Shows <n> most recent ref-log entries for the given
112 ref. If <base> is given, <n> entries going back from
113 that entry. <base> can be specified as count or date.
114 When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
115 current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
118 Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit
119 corresponding to the branch it's in.
122 Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the
123 default to color output.
125 Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
126 are mutually exclusive.
131 Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
132 description from their commit message. The branch head that is
133 pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*`
134 character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character.
136 Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
137 displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th
138 branch, the I-th indentation character shows a `+` sign;
139 otherwise it shows a space. Merge commits are denoted by
140 a `-` sign. Each commit shows a short name that
141 can be used as an extended SHA1 to name that commit.
143 The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
146 ------------------------------------------------
147 $ git show-branch master fixes mhf
148 * [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
149 ! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
150 ! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
152 + [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
153 + [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads.
154 + [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
155 + [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
156 + [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
157 + [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
158 + [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
159 + [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
160 + [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
161 + [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
162 *++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
163 ------------------------------------------------
165 These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
166 whose commit message is "Add \'git show-branch\'". The "fixes"
167 branch adds one commit "Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"".
168 The "mhf" branch adds many other commits. The current branch
175 If you keep your primary branches immediately under
176 `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
177 it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
181 default = --topo-order
186 With this, `git show-branch` without extra parameters would show
187 only the primary branches. In addition, if you happen to be on
188 your topic branch, it is shown as well.
191 $ git show-branch --reflog="10,1 hour ago" --list master
194 shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago.
195 Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are
196 topologically related with each other.
201 Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
206 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
211 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite