With no arguments, existing branches are listed and the current branch will
be highlighted with an asterisk. Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking
branches to be listed, and option `-a` shows both. This list mode is also
-activated by the `--list` and `-v` options (see below).
+activated by the `--list` option (see below).
<pattern> restricts the output to matching branches, the pattern is a shell
wildcard (i.e., matched using fnmatch(3))
Multiple patterns may be given; if any of them matches, the tag is shown.
-v::
--verbose::
- Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with
+ When in list mode,
+ 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.
- `--list` is implied by all verbosity options.
--abbrev=<length>::
Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing.