based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
-f::
- Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting
- a branch that already exists with the same name.
+ Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists
+ already. Without `-f` 'git-branch' refuses to change an existing branch.
-m::
Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog.
-v::
--verbose::
- Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head.
+ Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with
+ relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print
+ the name of the upstream branch, as well.
--abbrev=<length>::
Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing.
Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them.
--track::
- When creating a new branch, set up the configuration so that 'git-pull'
- will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be
- a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch
- into the new branch, and if you do not want to use "git pull
- <repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default
- when the start point is a remote branch. Set the
- branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want
- 'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were
- given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
- start-point is either a local or remote branch.
+ When creating a new branch, set up configuration to mark the
+ start-point branch as "upstream" from the new branch. This
+ configuration will tell git to show the relationship between the
+ two branches in `git status` and `git branch -v`. Furthermore,
+ it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the
+ upstream when the new branch is checked out.
++
+This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote branch.
+Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you
+want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track'
+were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
+start-point is either a local or remote branch.
--no-track::
- Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.
+ Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the
+ branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true.
--contains <commit>::
Only list branches which contain the specified commit.