SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
-'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current]
+'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
+ [--current] [--color | --no-color] [--sparse]
[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
- [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]...
+ [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
+ [<rev> | <glob>]...
+
'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
DESCRIPTION
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Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
-with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads
-and/or $GIT_DIR/refs/tags) semi-visually.
+with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under refs/heads
+and/or refs/tags) semi-visually.
It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
<glob>::
A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
- $GIT_DIR/refs. For example, if you have many topic
- branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
+ refs/. For example, if you have many topic
+ branches under refs/heads/topic, giving
`topic/*` would show all of them.
-r::
appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
are shown before their parents).
+--date-order::
+ This option is similar to '--topo-order' in the sense that no
+ parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise commits
+ are ordered according to their commit date.
+
--sparse::
By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
from only one tip being shown. This option makes them
Synonym to `--more=-1`
--merge-base::
- Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
- 'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept
- more than two heads.
+ Instead of showing the commit list, determine possible
+ merge bases for the specified commits. All merge bases
+ will be contained in all specified commits. This is
+ different from how linkgit:git-merge-base[1] handles
+ the case of three or more commits.
--independent::
Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
+--color::
+ Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit
+ corresponding to the branch it's in.
+
+--no-color::
+ Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the
+ default to color output.
+
Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
are mutually exclusive.
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These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
-whose commit message is "Add 'git show-branch'. "fixes" branch
-adds one commit 'Introduce "reset type"'. "mhf" branch has many
-other commits. The current branch is "master".
+whose commit message is "Add \'git show-branch\'". The "fixes"
+branch adds one commit "Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"".
+The "mhf" branch adds many other commits. The current branch
+is "master".
EXAMPLE
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If you keep your primary branches immediately under
-`$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
+`refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
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