format-patch: introduce format.outputDirectory configuration
[gitweb.git] / Documentation / git-branch.txt
index c45295d9887572f647b8cde4567d49ba1de0b56d..4a7037f1c8eed24db05f00c4012aca420f98b73b 100644 (file)
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a]
        [--list] [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
        [--column[=<options>] | --no-column]
-       [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [--sort=<key>] [<pattern>...]
+       [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] [--sort=<key>]
+       [--points-at <object>] [<pattern>...]
 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
 'git branch' (--set-upstream-to=<upstream> | -u <upstream>) [<branchname>]
 'git branch' --unset-upstream [<branchname>]
@@ -197,7 +198,9 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
 
 --edit-description::
        Open an editor and edit the text to explain what the branch is
-       for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `request-pull`).
+       for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `format-patch`,
+       `request-pull`, and `merge` (if enabled)). Multi-line explanations
+       may be used.
 
 --contains [<commit>]::
        Only list branches which contain the specified commit (HEAD
@@ -240,6 +243,9 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
        finally remote-tracking branches.
 
 
+--points-at <object>::
+       Only list branches of the given object.
+
 Examples
 --------