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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-01-11 14:02:38 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-01-15 00:04:23 -0800
commitebedc3195258a6382f58c8c6b54b21db922440af (patch)
treefc154c275c633b797b93cab997b8ec4110907d90 /Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
parent54f9734ec84a351395bfdd332fee3f0e7006c1da (diff)
downloadgit-ebedc3195258a6382f58c8c6b54b21db922440af.tar.gz
show-branch: make the current branch and merge commits stand out.
This changes the character used to mark the commits that is on the branch from '+' to '*' for the current branch, to make it stand out. Also we show '-' for merge commits. When you have a handful branches with relatively long diversion, it is easier to see which one is the current branch this way. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 9cc44a8161..4bef4767e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -81,13 +81,14 @@ OUTPUT
------
Given N <references>, 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.
+pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*`
+character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character.
Following these N lines, 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. Each commit shows a short name that
+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 SHA1 to name that commit.
The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ and "mhf":
------------------------------------------------
$ git show-branch master fixes mhf
-! [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
+* [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
---
@@ -109,13 +110,13 @@ $ git show-branch master fixes mhf
+ [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'.
+*++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
------------------------------------------------
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.
+other commits. The current branch is "master".
EXAMPLE