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git-show-branch(1)
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==================
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NAME
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----
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git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
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[--current] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--sparse]
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[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
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[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
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[(<rev> | <glob>)...]
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'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
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with <rev>s or <glob>s (or all refs under refs/heads
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and/or refs/tags) semi-visually.
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It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
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It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
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no <rev> or <glob> is given on the command line.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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<rev>::
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Arbitrary extended SHA-1 expression (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7])
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that typically names a branch head or a tag.
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<glob>::
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A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
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refs/. For example, if you have many topic
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branches under refs/heads/topic, giving
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`topic/*` would show all of them.
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-r::
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--remotes::
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Show the remote-tracking branches.
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-a::
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--all::
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Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
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--current::
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With this option, the command includes the current
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branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not
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given on the command line.
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--topo-order::
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By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
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reverse chronological order. This option makes them
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appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
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are shown before their parents).
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--date-order::
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This option is similar to `--topo-order` in the sense that no
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parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise commits
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are ordered according to their commit date.
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--sparse::
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By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
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from only one tip being shown. This option makes them
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visible.
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--more=<n>::
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Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
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that is the common ancestor of all the branches. This
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flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
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beyond that. When <n> is negative, display only the
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<reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry
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tree.
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--list::
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Synonym to `--more=-1`
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--merge-base::
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Instead of showing the commit list, determine possible
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merge bases for the specified commits. All merge bases
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will be contained in all specified commits. This is
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different from how linkgit:git-merge-base[1] handles
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the case of three or more commits.
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--independent::
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Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
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cannot be reached from any other <reference>.
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--no-name::
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Do not show naming strings for each commit.
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--sha1-name::
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Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach
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them from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent
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of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
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object names.
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--topics::
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Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given.
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This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that
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is already in the main line of development. When given
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"git show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this
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will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master
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topic1 topic2"
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-g::
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--reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] [<ref>]::
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Shows <n> most recent ref-log entries for the given
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ref. If <base> is given, <n> entries going back from
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that entry. <base> can be specified as count or date.
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When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
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current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
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--color[=<when>]::
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Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit
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corresponding to the branch it's in.
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The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
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--no-color::
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Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the
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default to color output.
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Same as `--color=never`.
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Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
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are mutually exclusive.
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OUTPUT
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------
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Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
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description from their commit message. The branch head that is
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pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*`
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character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character.
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Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
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displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th
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branch, the I-th indentation character shows a `+` sign;
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otherwise it shows a space. Merge commits are denoted by
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a `-` sign. Each commit shows a short name that
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can be used as an extended SHA-1 to name that commit.
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The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
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and "mhf":
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$ git show-branch master fixes mhf
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* [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
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! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
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! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
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---
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+ [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
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+ [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads.
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+ [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
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+ [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
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+ [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
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+ [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
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+ [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
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+ [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
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+ [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
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+ [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
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*++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
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------------------------------------------------
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These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
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whose commit message is "Add \'git show-branch'".
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The "fixes" branch adds one commit "Introduce "reset type" flag to
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"git reset"". The "mhf" branch adds many other commits.
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The current branch is "master".
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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If you keep your primary branches immediately under
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`refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
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it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
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[showbranch]
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default = --topo-order
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default = heads/*
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------------
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With this, `git show-branch` without extra parameters would show
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only the primary branches. In addition, if you happen to be on
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your topic branch, it is shown as well.
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$ git show-branch --reflog="10,1 hour ago" --list master
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shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago.
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Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are
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topologically related with each other.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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