6 git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
11 'git-show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current]
12 [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
13 [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<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.
41 Show the remote-tracking branches.
44 Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
47 With this option, the command includes the current
48 branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not
49 given on the command line.
52 By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
53 reverse chronological order. This option makes them
54 appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
55 are shown before their parents).
58 By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
59 from only one tip being shown. This option makes them
63 Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
64 that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This
65 flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
66 beyond that. When <n> is negative, display only the
67 <reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry
71 Synonym to `--more=-1`
74 Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
75 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept
79 Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
80 cannot be reached from any other <reference>.
83 Do not show naming strings for each commit.
86 Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach
87 them from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent
88 of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
92 Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given.
93 This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that
94 is already in the main line of development. When given
95 "git show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this
96 will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master
99 Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
100 are mutually exclusive.
105 Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
106 description from their commit message. The branch head that is
107 pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*`
108 character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character.
110 Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
111 displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th
112 branch, the I-th indentation character shows a `+` sign;
113 otherwise it shows a space. Merge commits are denoted by
114 a `-` sign. Each commit shows a short name that
115 can be used as an extended SHA1 to name that commit.
117 The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
120 ------------------------------------------------
121 $ git show-branch master fixes mhf
122 * [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
123 ! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
124 ! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
126 + [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
127 + [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads.
128 + [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
129 + [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
130 + [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
131 + [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
132 + [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
133 + [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
134 + [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
135 + [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
136 *++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
137 ------------------------------------------------
139 These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
140 whose commit message is "Add 'git show-branch'. "fixes" branch
141 adds one commit 'Introduce "reset type"'. "mhf" branch has many
142 other commits. The current branch is "master".
148 If you keep your primary branches immediately under
149 `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
150 it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
154 default = --topo-order
159 With this, `git show-branch` without extra parameters would show
160 only the primary branches. In addition, if you happen to be on
161 your topic branch, it is shown as well.
167 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
172 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
177 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite