1git-branch(1) 2============= 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-branch - List, create, or delete branches. 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10[verse] 11'git-branch' [-r] 12'git-branch' [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] 13'git-branch' (-d | -D) <branchname>... 14 15DESCRIPTION 16----------- 17With no arguments given (or just `-r`) a list of available branches 18will be shown, the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk. 19 20In its second form, a new branch named <branchname> will be created. 21It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>. 22If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head 23equal to that of the currently checked out branch. 24 25With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted. You may 26specify more than one branch for deletion. 27 28 29OPTIONS 30------- 31-d:: 32 Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged. 33 34-D:: 35 Delete a branch irrespective of its index status. 36 37-f:: 38 Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting 39 a branch that already exists with the same name. 40 41-r:: 42 List only the "remote" branches. 43 44<branchname>:: 45 The name of the branch to create or delete. 46 47<start-point>:: 48 The new branch will be created with a HEAD equal to this. It may 49 be given as a branch name, a commit-id, or a tag. If this option 50 is omitted, the current branch is assumed. 51 52 53 54Examples 55-------- 56 57Start development off of a known tag:: 58+ 59------------ 60$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6 61$ cd my2.6 62$ git branch my2.6.14 v2.6.14 <1> 63$ git checkout my2.6.14 64------------ 65+ 66<1> This step and the next one could be combined into a single step with 67"checkout -b my2.6.14 v2.6.14". 68 69Delete unneeded branch:: 70+ 71------------ 72$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/.../git.git my.git 73$ cd my.git 74$ git branch -D todo <1> 75------------ 76+ 77<1> delete todo branch even if the "master" branch does not have all 78commits from todo branch. 79 80 81Notes 82----- 83 84If you are creating a branch that you want to immediately checkout, it's 85easier to use the git checkout command with its `-b` option to create 86a branch and check it out with a single command. 87 88 89Author 90------ 91Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> 92 93Documentation 94-------------- 95Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 96 97GIT 98--- 99Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 100