Add documentation for show-branch --topics

Add a quick paragraph explaining the --topics option for show-branch.
The explanation is an abbreviated version of the commit message from
d320a5437f.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Brian Gernhardt 2006-12-18 10:48:33 -05:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git-show-branch' [--all] [--heads] [--tags] [--topo-order] [--current]
[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
[--no-name | --sha1-name] [<rev> | <glob>]...
[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ OPTIONS
of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
object names.
--topics::
Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given.
This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that
is already in the main line of development. When given
"git show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this
will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master
topic1 topic2"
Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
are mutually exclusive.