Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/gitk/gitk

[git.git] / Documentation / git-show-branch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 7e9ff3762b111d8740a99b676ea516435018f3a8..734336119c6b1f7ea8241f0404eaa3ba2ae10f69 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current]
+'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
+               [--current] [--color | --no-color] [--sparse]
                [--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
-               [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]...
+               [--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
+               [<rev> | <glob>]...
+
 'git show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -57,6 +60,11 @@ OPTIONS
         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
@@ -74,9 +82,11 @@ OPTIONS
        Synonym to `--more=-1`
 
 --merge-base::
-       Instead of showing the commit list, just act like the
-       'git-merge-base -a' command, except that it can accept
-       more than two heads.
+       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 linkgit:git-merge-base[1] handles
+       the case of three or more commits.
 
 --independent::
        Among the <reference>s given, display only the ones that
@@ -107,6 +117,14 @@ OPTIONS
        When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
        current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
 
+--color::
+       Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit
+       corresponding to the branch it's in.
+
+--no-color::
+       Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the
+       default to color output.
+
 Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
 are mutually exclusive.
 
@@ -148,9 +166,10 @@ $ git show-branch master fixes mhf
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 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.  The current branch is "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".
 
 
 EXAMPLE