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GIT-SHOW-BRANCH(1) Git Manual GIT-SHOW-BRANCH(1)
NAME top
git-show-branch - Show branches and their commitsSYNOPSIS top
_git show-branch_ [-a | --all] [-r | --remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
[--current] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--sparse]
[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
[(<rev> | <glob>)...]
_git show-branch_ (-g | --reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]DESCRIPTION top
Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
with <rev>s or <glob>s (or all refs under refs/heads and/or
refs/tags) semi-visually.
It cannot show more than 26 branches and commits at a time.
It uses **showbranch.default** multi-valued configuration items if no
<rev> or <glob> is given on the command line.OPTIONS top
<rev>
Arbitrary extended SHA-1 expression (see [gitrevisions(7)](../man7/gitrevisions.7.html)) that
typically names a branch head or a tag.
<glob>
A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under refs/.
For example, if you have many topic branches under
refs/heads/topic, giving **topic/*** would show all of them.
-r, --remotes
Show the remote-tracking branches.
-a, --all
Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
--current
With this option, the command includes the current branch in
the list of revs to be shown when it is not given on the
command line.
--topo-order
By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
reverse chronological order. This option makes them 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 visible.
--more=<n>
Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit that
is the common ancestor of all the branches. This flag tells
the command to go <n> more common commits beyond that. When
<n> is negative, display only the <ref>s given, without
showing the commit ancestry tree.
--list
Synonym to **--more=-1**
--merge-base
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
[git-merge-base(1)](../man1/git-merge-base.1.html) handles the case of three or more commits.
--independent
Among the <ref>s given, display only the ones that cannot be
reached from any other <ref>.
--no-name
Do not show naming strings for each commit.
--sha1-name
Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach them
from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent of
"master"), name them with the unique prefix of their object
names.
--topics
Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given.
This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that is
already in the main line of development. When given "git
show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this will show the
revisions given by "git rev-list ^master topic1 topic2"
-g, --reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] [<ref>]
Shows <n> most recent ref-log entries for the given ref. If
<base> is given, <n> entries going back from that entry.
<base> can be specified as count or date. When no explicit
<ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the current branch
(or **HEAD** if it is detached).
--color[=<when>]
Color the status sign (one of these: * ! **+ -**) of each commit
corresponding to the branch it’s in. The value must be always
(the default), never, or auto.
--no-color
Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file
gives the default to color output. Same as **--color=never**.
Note that --more, --list, --independent, and --merge-base options
are mutually exclusive.OUTPUT top
Given N <ref>s, the first N lines are the one-line description
from their commit message. The branch head that is pointed at by
$GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk * character while other
heads are prefixed with a ! character.
Following these N lines, a one-line log for each commit is
displayed, indented N places. If a commit is on the I-th branch,
the I-th indentation character shows a **+** sign; otherwise it shows
a space. Merge commits are denoted by a **-** sign. Each commit shows
a short name that can be used as an extended SHA-1 to name that
commit.
The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes", and
"mhf":
$ git show-branch master fixes mhf
* [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
---
+ [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
+ [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one head.
+ [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
+ [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
+ [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
+ [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
+ [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
+ [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
+ [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
+ [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
*++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
These three branches all forked from a common commit, [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".EXAMPLES top
If you keep your primary branches immediately under **refs/heads**,
and topic branches in subdirectories of it, having the following
in the configuration file may help:
[showbranch]
default = --topo-order
default = heads/*
With this, **git show-branch** without extra parameters would show
only the primary branches. In addition, if you happen to be on
your topic branch, it is shown as well.
$ git show-branch --reflog="10,1 hour ago" --list master
shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago.
Without **--list**, the output also shows how these tips are
topologically related to each other.CONFIGURATION top
Everything below this line in this section is selectively included
from the [git-config(1)](../man1/git-config.1.html) documentation. The content is the same as
what’s found there:
showBranch.default
The default set of branches for [git-show-branch(1)](../man1/git-show-branch.1.html). See
[git-show-branch(1)](../man1/git-show-branch.1.html).GIT top
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