7 git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits.
11 'git show-branch [--all] [--heads] [--tags] [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base] <reference>...'
15 Shows the head commits from the named <reference> (or all refs under
16 $GIT_DIR/refs/heads), and displays concise list of commit logs
17 to show their relationship semi-visually.
22 Name of the reference under $GIT_DIR/refs/.
24 --all --heads --tags::
25 Show all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs, $GIT_DIR/refs/heads,
26 and $GIT_DIR/refs/tags, respectively.
29 Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
30 that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This
31 flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
32 beyond that. When <n> is negative, display only the
33 <reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry
37 Synomym to `--more=-1`
40 Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
41 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept
45 Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
46 cannot be reached from any other <reference>.
48 Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
49 are mutually exclusive.
54 Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
55 description from their commit message. The branch head that is
56 pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk '*'
57 character while other heads are prefixed with a '!' character.
59 Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
60 displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th
61 branch, the I-th indentation character shows a '+' sign;
62 otherwise it shows a space. Each commit shows a short name that
63 can be used as an exended SHA1 to name that commit.
65 The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
68 ------------------------------------------------
69 $ git show-branch master fixes mhf
70 ! [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
71 ! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
72 ! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
74 + [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
75 + [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads.
76 + [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
77 + [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
78 + [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
79 + [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
80 + [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
81 + [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
82 + [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
83 + [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
84 +++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
85 ------------------------------------------------
87 These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
88 whose commit message is "Add 'git show-branch'. "fixes" branch
89 adds one commit 'Introduce "reset type"'. "mhf" branch has many
92 When only one head is given, the output format changes slightly
93 to conserve space. The '+' sign to show which commit is
94 reachable from which head and the first N lines to show the list
95 of heads being displayed are both meaningless so they are
96 omitted. Also the label given to each commit does not repeat
97 the name of the branch because it is obvious.
99 ------------------------------------------------
100 $ git show-branch --more=4 master
101 [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
102 [~1] Add a new extended SHA1 syntax <name>~<num>
103 [~2] Fix "git-diff A B"
104 [~3] git-ls-files: generalized pathspecs
105 [~4] Make "git-ls-files" work in subdirectories
106 ------------------------------------------------
110 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
115 Documentation by Junio C Hamano.
120 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite