Merge branch 'jh/maint-submodule-status-in-void' (early part)

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 89ec5364ecd447f6a7836d9c7f582dbd1d864807..f1499bba88028775032819708db22a3250b5b840 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -8,19 +8,20 @@ git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
-               [--current] [--color | --no-color]
+'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
 -----------
 
 Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
-with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads
-and/or $GIT_DIR/refs/tags) semi-visually.
+with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under refs/heads
+and/or refs/tags) semi-visually.
 
 It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
 
@@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ OPTIONS
 
 <glob>::
        A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
-       $GIT_DIR/refs.  For example, if you have many topic
-       branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
+       refs/.  For example, if you have many topic
+       branches under refs/heads/topic, giving
        `topic/*` would show all of them.
 
 -r::
@@ -81,9 +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
@@ -114,13 +117,15 @@ OPTIONS
        When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
        current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
 
---color::
+--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.
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ EXAMPLE
 -------
 
 If you keep your primary branches immediately under
-`$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
+`refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
 it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
 
 ------------