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Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@uchicago.edu>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-branch(1)
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=============
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NAME
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----
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git-branch - List, create, or delete branches
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[verse]
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'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]
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[-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
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[--contains <commit>]
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'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
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'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
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'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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With no arguments given a list of existing branches
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will be shown, the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk.
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Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking branches to be listed,
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and option `-a` shows both.
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With `--contains <commit>`, shows only the branches that
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contains the named commit (in other words, the branches whose
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tip commits are descendant of the named commit).
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With `--merged`, only branches merged into HEAD will be listed, and
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with `--no-merged` only branches not merged into HEAD will be listed.
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In its second form, a new branch named <branchname> will be created.
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It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>.
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If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head
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equal to that of the currently checked out branch.
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Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the
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working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
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new branch.
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When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
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branch so that `git-pull` will appropriately merge from
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the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
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`branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
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overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
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With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
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If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match
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<newbranch>, and a reflog entry is created to remember the branch
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renaming. If <newbranch> exists, -M must be used to force the rename
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to happen.
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With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted. You may
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specify more than one branch for deletion. If the branch currently
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has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted.
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Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it
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only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist
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in remote repository or if `git-fetch` was configured not to fetch
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them again. See also 'prune' subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1] for way to
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clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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-d::
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Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged in HEAD.
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-D::
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Delete a branch irrespective of its merged status.
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-l::
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Create the branch's reflog. This activates recording of
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all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date
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based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
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-f::
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Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting
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a branch that already exists with the same name.
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-m::
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Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog.
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-M::
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Move/rename a branch even if the new branchname already exists.
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--color::
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Color branches to highlight current, local, and remote branches.
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--no-color::
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Turn off branch colors, even when the configuration file gives the
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default to color output.
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-r::
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List or delete (if used with -d) the remote-tracking branches.
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-a::
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List both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
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-v::
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--verbose::
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Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head.
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--abbrev=<length>::
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Alter minimum display length for sha1 in output listing,
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default value is 7.
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--no-abbrev::
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Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them.
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--track::
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When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that `git-pull`
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will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be
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a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch
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into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull
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<repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default
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when the start point is a remote branch. Set the
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branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want
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`git-checkout` and `git-branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' were
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given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
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start-point is either a local or remote branch.
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--no-track::
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Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.
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--contains <commit>::
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Only list branches which contain the specified commit.
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--merged::
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Only list branches which are fully contained by HEAD.
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--no-merged::
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Do not list branches which are fully contained by HEAD.
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<branchname>::
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The name of the branch to create or delete.
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The new branch name must pass all checks defined by
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linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks
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may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
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<start-point>::
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The new branch will be created with a HEAD equal to this. It may
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be given as a branch name, a commit-id, or a tag. If this option
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is omitted, the current branch is assumed.
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<oldbranch>::
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The name of an existing branch to rename.
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<newbranch>::
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The new name for an existing branch. The same restrictions as for
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<branchname> applies.
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Examples
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--------
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Start development off of a known tag::
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+
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$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
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$ cd my2.6
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$ git branch my2.6.14 v2.6.14 <1>
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$ git checkout my2.6.14
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------------
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<1> This step and the next one could be combined into a single step with
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"checkout -b my2.6.14 v2.6.14".
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Delete unneeded branch::
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$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/.../git.git my.git
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$ cd my.git
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$ git branch -d -r origin/todo origin/html origin/man <1>
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$ git branch -D test <2>
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------------
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<1> Delete remote-tracking branches "todo", "html", "man". Next 'fetch' or
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'pull' will create them again unless you configure them not to. See
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linkgit:git-fetch[1].
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<2> Delete "test" branch even if the "master" branch (or whichever branch is
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currently checked out) does not have all commits from test branch.
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Notes
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-----
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If you are creating a branch that you want to immediately checkout, it's
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easier to use the git checkout command with its `-b` option to create
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a branch and check it out with a single command.
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The options `--contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged` serves three related
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but different purposes:
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- `--contains <commit>` is used to find all branches which will need
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special attention if <commit> were to be rebased or amended, since those
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branches contain the specified <commit>.
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- `--merged` is used to find all branches which can be safely deleted,
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since those branches are fully contained by HEAD.
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- `--no-merged` is used to find branches which are candidates for merging
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into HEAD, since those branches are not fully contained by HEAD.
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Author
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------
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Documentation
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--------------
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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---
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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