Documentation/git-branch.txt

   1 git-branch(1)
   2 =============
   3
   4 NAME
   5 ----
   6 git-branch - Create a new branch.
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9 --------
  10 'git-branch' [<branchname> [start-point]]
  11
  12 DESCRIPTION
  13 -----------
  14 If no argument is provided, show available branches and mark current
  15 branch with star. Otherwise, create a new branch of name <branchname>.
  16
  17 If a starting point is also specified, that will be where the branch is
  18 created, otherwise it will be created at the current HEAD.
  19
  20 OPTIONS
  21 -------
  22 <branchname>::
  23         The name of the branch to create.
  24
  25 start-point::
  26         Where to make the branch; defaults to HEAD.
  27
  28 Author
  29 ------
  30 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  31
  32 Documentation
  33 --------------
  34 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  35
  36 GIT
  37 ---
  38 Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
  39