[(--merged | --no-merged) [<commit>]]
[--contains [<commit]] [--no-contains [<commit>]]
[--points-at <object>] [--format=<format>] [<pattern>...]
-'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
+'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>]
'git branch' --unset-upstream [<branchname>]
'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
The negated form `--no-create-reflog` only overrides an earlier
`--create-reflog`, but currently does not negate the setting of
`core.logAllRefUpdates`.
-+
-The `-l` option is a deprecated synonym for `--create-reflog`.
-f::
--force::
--all::
List both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
+-l::
--list::
List branches. With optional `<pattern>...`, e.g. `git
branch --list 'maint-*'`, list only the branches that match
the pattern(s).
-+
-This should not be confused with `git branch -l <branchname>`,
-which creates a branch named `<branchname>` with a reflog.
-See `--create-reflog` above for details.
-v::
-vv::
------------
+
<1> This step and the next one could be combined into a single step with
-"checkout -b my2.6.14 v2.6.14".
+ "checkout -b my2.6.14 v2.6.14".
Delete an unneeded branch::
+
------------
+
<1> Delete the remote-tracking branches "todo", "html" and "man". The next
-'fetch' or 'pull' will create them again unless you configure them not to.
-See linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+ 'fetch' or 'pull' will create them again unless you configure them not to.
+ See linkgit:git-fetch[1].
<2> Delete the "test" branch even if the "master" branch (or whichever branch
-is currently checked out) does not have all commits from the test branch.
+ is currently checked out) does not have all commits from the test branch.
NOTES