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1 | git-branch(1) |
2 | ============= | |
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3 | |
4 | NAME | |
5 | ---- | |
c3f0baac | 6 | git-branch - List, create, or delete branches |
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7 | |
8 | SYNOPSIS | |
9 | -------- | |
dd181119 | 10 | [verse] |
73e9da01 | 11 | 'git branch' [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [-r | -a] |
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12 | [-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]] |
13 | [(--merged | --no-merged | --contains) [<commit>]] | |
4fc50066 | 14 | 'git branch' [--set-upstream | --track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>] |
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15 | 'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch> |
16 | 'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>... | |
b7200e83 | 17 | 'git branch' --edit-description [<branchname>] |
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18 | |
19 | DESCRIPTION | |
20 | ----------- | |
049716b3 | 21 | |
e5ac1217 | 22 | With no arguments, existing branches are listed and the current branch will |
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23 | be highlighted with an asterisk. Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking |
24 | branches to be listed, and option `-a` shows both. | |
25 | ||
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26 | With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contain the named commit |
27 | (in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendants of the | |
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28 | named commit). With `--merged`, only branches merged into the named |
29 | commit (i.e. the branches whose tip commits are reachable from the named | |
30 | commit) will be listed. With `--no-merged` only branches not merged into | |
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31 | the named commit will be listed. If the <commit> argument is missing it |
32 | defaults to 'HEAD' (i.e. the tip of the current branch). | |
7fc9d69f | 33 | |
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34 | The command's second form creates a new branch head named <branchname> |
35 | which points to the current 'HEAD', or <start-point> if given. | |
2eaf273d | 36 | |
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37 | Note that this will create the new branch, but it will not switch the |
38 | working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the | |
39 | new branch. | |
40 | ||
29b9a66f | 41 | When a local branch is started off a remote-tracking branch, git sets up the |
0b444cdb | 42 | branch so that 'git pull' will appropriately merge from |
29b9a66f | 43 | the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global |
572fc81d | 44 | `branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be |
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45 | overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and |
46 | changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`. | |
0746d19a | 47 | |
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48 | With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>. |
49 | If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match | |
50 | <newbranch>, and a reflog entry is created to remember the branch | |
51 | renaming. If <newbranch> exists, -M must be used to force the rename | |
52 | to happen. | |
53 | ||
2eaf273d | 54 | With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted. You may |
3a4b3f26 | 55 | specify more than one branch for deletion. If the branch currently |
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56 | has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted. |
57 | ||
58 | Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it | |
59 | only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist | |
0b444cdb | 60 | in the remote repository or if 'git fetch' was configured not to fetch |
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61 | them again. See also the 'prune' subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1] for a |
62 | way to clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches. | |
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63 | |
64 | ||
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65 | OPTIONS |
66 | ------- | |
d4072c97 | 67 | -d:: |
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68 | Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged in its |
69 | upstream branch, or in `HEAD` if no upstream was set with | |
70 | `--track` or `--set-upstream`. | |
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71 | |
72 | -D:: | |
1e72a40d | 73 | Delete a branch irrespective of its merged status. |
d4072c97 | 74 | |
3a4b3f26 | 75 | -l:: |
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76 | Create the branch's reflog. This activates recording of |
77 | all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date | |
967506bb | 78 | based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}". |
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79 | Note that in non-bare repositories, reflogs are usually |
80 | enabled by default by the `core.logallrefupdates` config option. | |
3a4b3f26 | 81 | |
075dd8ee | 82 | -f:: |
f7aec129 | 83 | --force:: |
fcfdf797 | 84 | Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists |
0b444cdb | 85 | already. Without `-f` 'git branch' refuses to change an existing branch. |
2eaf273d | 86 | |
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87 | -m:: |
88 | Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog. | |
89 | ||
90 | -M:: | |
e5ac1217 | 91 | Move/rename a branch even if the new branch name already exists. |
c976d415 | 92 | |
73e9da01 | 93 | --color[=<when>]:: |
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94 | Color branches to highlight current, local, and |
95 | remote-tracking branches. | |
73e9da01 | 96 | The value must be always (the default), never, or auto. |
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97 | |
98 | --no-color:: | |
99 | Turn off branch colors, even when the configuration file gives the | |
100 | default to color output. | |
73e9da01 | 101 | Same as `--color=never`. |
f3673988 | 102 | |
2eaf273d | 103 | -r:: |
7dda22e3 | 104 | List or delete (if used with -d) the remote-tracking branches. |
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105 | |
106 | -a:: | |
107 | List both remote-tracking branches and local branches. | |
075dd8ee | 108 | |
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109 | -v:: |
110 | --verbose:: | |
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111 | Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head, along with |
112 | relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print | |
113 | the name of the upstream branch, as well. | |
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114 | |
115 | --abbrev=<length>:: | |
e5ac1217 | 116 | Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing. |
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117 | The default value is 7 and can be overridden by the `core.abbrev` |
118 | config option. | |
75e6e213 | 119 | |
5e00f6fa | 120 | --no-abbrev:: |
e5ac1217 | 121 | Display the full sha1s in the output listing rather than abbreviating them. |
5e00f6fa | 122 | |
be427d75 | 123 | -t:: |
84d176ce | 124 | --track:: |
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125 | When creating a new branch, set up configuration to mark the |
126 | start-point branch as "upstream" from the new branch. This | |
127 | configuration will tell git to show the relationship between the | |
128 | two branches in `git status` and `git branch -v`. Furthermore, | |
129 | it directs `git pull` without arguments to pull from the | |
130 | upstream when the new branch is checked out. | |
131 | + | |
29b9a66f | 132 | This behavior is the default when the start point is a remote-tracking branch. |
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133 | Set the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you |
134 | want `git checkout` and `git branch` to always behave as if '--no-track' | |
135 | were given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the | |
29b9a66f | 136 | start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch. |
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137 | |
138 | --no-track:: | |
167d7445 | 139 | Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the |
70e96647 | 140 | branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true. |
84d176ce | 141 | |
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142 | --set-upstream:: |
143 | If specified branch does not exist yet or if '--force' has been | |
144 | given, acts exactly like '--track'. Otherwise sets up configuration | |
145 | like '--track' would when creating the branch, except that where | |
146 | branch points to is not changed. | |
147 | ||
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148 | --edit-description:: |
149 | Open an editor and edit the text to explain what the branch is | |
150 | for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `request-pull`). | |
151 | ||
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152 | --contains <commit>:: |
153 | Only list branches which contain the specified commit. | |
154 | ||
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155 | --merged [<commit>]:: |
156 | Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the | |
157 | specified commit (HEAD if not specified). | |
9a7ea2b1 | 158 | |
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159 | --no-merged [<commit>]:: |
160 | Only list branches whose tips are not reachable from the | |
161 | specified commit (HEAD if not specified). | |
9a7ea2b1 | 162 | |
52a22d1e | 163 | <branchname>:: |
d4072c97 | 164 | The name of the branch to create or delete. |
2b1f4247 | 165 | The new branch name must pass all checks defined by |
5162e697 | 166 | linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1]. Some of these checks |
2b1f4247 | 167 | may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name. |
7fc9d69f | 168 | |
075dd8ee | 169 | <start-point>:: |
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170 | The new branch head will point to this commit. It may be |
171 | given as a branch name, a commit-id, or a tag. If this | |
172 | option is omitted, the current HEAD will be used instead. | |
2eaf273d | 173 | |
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174 | <oldbranch>:: |
175 | The name of an existing branch to rename. | |
176 | ||
177 | <newbranch>:: | |
178 | The new name for an existing branch. The same restrictions as for | |
e5ac1217 | 179 | <branchname> apply. |
7fc9d69f | 180 | |
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181 | |
182 | Examples | |
2eaf273d | 183 | -------- |
1e2ccd3a | 184 | |
e5ac1217 | 185 | Start development from a known tag:: |
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186 | + |
187 | ------------ | |
188 | $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6 | |
189 | $ cd my2.6 | |
2eaf273d | 190 | $ git branch my2.6.14 v2.6.14 <1> |
1e2ccd3a | 191 | $ git checkout my2.6.14 |
1e2ccd3a | 192 | ------------ |
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193 | + |
194 | <1> This step and the next one could be combined into a single step with | |
195 | "checkout -b my2.6.14 v2.6.14". | |
1e2ccd3a | 196 | |
e5ac1217 | 197 | Delete an unneeded branch:: |
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198 | + |
199 | ------------ | |
200 | $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/.../git.git my.git | |
201 | $ cd my.git | |
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202 | $ git branch -d -r origin/todo origin/html origin/man <1> |
203 | $ git branch -D test <2> | |
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204 | ------------ |
205 | + | |
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206 | <1> Delete the remote-tracking branches "todo", "html" and "man". The next |
207 | 'fetch' or 'pull' will create them again unless you configure them not to. | |
208 | See linkgit:git-fetch[1]. | |
209 | <2> Delete the "test" branch even if the "master" branch (or whichever branch | |
210 | is currently checked out) does not have all commits from the test branch. | |
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211 | |
212 | ||
213 | Notes | |
214 | ----- | |
215 | ||
e5ac1217 | 216 | If you are creating a branch that you want to checkout immediately, it is |
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217 | easier to use the git checkout command with its `-b` option to create |
218 | a branch and check it out with a single command. | |
219 | ||
e5ac1217 | 220 | The options `--contains`, `--merged` and `--no-merged` serve three related |
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221 | but different purposes: |
222 | ||
223 | - `--contains <commit>` is used to find all branches which will need | |
224 | special attention if <commit> were to be rebased or amended, since those | |
225 | branches contain the specified <commit>. | |
226 | ||
227 | - `--merged` is used to find all branches which can be safely deleted, | |
228 | since those branches are fully contained by HEAD. | |
229 | ||
230 | - `--no-merged` is used to find branches which are candidates for merging | |
231 | into HEAD, since those branches are not fully contained by HEAD. | |
1e2ccd3a | 232 | |
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233 | SEE ALSO |
234 | -------- | |
235 | linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1], | |
236 | linkgit:git-fetch[1], | |
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237 | linkgit:git-remote[1], |
238 | link:user-manual.html#what-is-a-branch[``Understanding history: What is | |
239 | a branch?''] in the Git User's Manual. | |
b85e6c5f | 240 | |
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241 | GIT |
242 | --- | |
9e1f0a85 | 243 | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |