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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-11-18 22:22:00 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-11-22 22:11:28 -0800
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@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git-branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a]
[-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
+ [--contains <commit>]
'git-branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
'git-branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
'git-branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ With no arguments given a list of existing branches
will be shown, the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk.
Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking branches to be listed,
and option `-a` shows both.
+With `--contains <commit>`, shows only the branches that
+contains the named commit (in other words, the branches whose
+tip commits are descendant of the named commit).
In its second form, a new branch named <branchname> will be created.
It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>.