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index ba5cccb519..47235bea04 100644
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@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ be highlighted with an asterisk. Option `-r` causes the remote-tracking
branches to be listed, and option `-a` shows both. This list mode is also
activated by the `--list` option (see below).
<pattern> restricts the output to matching branches, the pattern is a shell
-wildcard (i.e., matched using fnmatch(3))
-Multiple patterns may be given; if any of them matches, the tag is shown.
+wildcard (i.e., matched using fnmatch(3)).
+Multiple patterns may be given; if any of them matches, the branch is shown.
With `--contains`, shows only the branches that contain the named commit
(in other words, the branches whose tip commits are descendants of the
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ the remote-tracking branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options, and
changed later using `git branch --set-upstream`.
-With a '-m' or '-M' option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
+With a `-m` or `-M` option, <oldbranch> will be renamed to <newbranch>.
If <oldbranch> had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match
<newbranch>, and a reflog entry is created to remember the branch
renaming. If <newbranch> exists, -M must be used to force the rename
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted. You may
specify more than one branch for deletion. If the branch currently
has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted.
-Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it
+Use `-r` together with `-d` to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it
only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist
in the remote repository or if 'git fetch' was configured not to fetch
them again. See also the 'prune' subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1] for a
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode.
relationship to upstream branch (if any). If given twice, print
the name of the upstream branch, as well.
+-q::
+--quiet::
+ Be more quiet when creating or deleting a branch, suppressing
+ non-error messages.
+
--abbrev=<length>::
Alter the sha1's minimum display length in the output listing.
The default value is 7 and can be overridden by the `core.abbrev`
@@ -163,17 +168,18 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true.
--set-upstream::
- If specified branch does not exist yet or if '--force' has been
- given, acts exactly like '--track'. Otherwise sets up configuration
- like '--track' would when creating the branch, except that where
+ If specified branch does not exist yet or if `--force` has been
+ given, acts exactly like `--track`. Otherwise sets up configuration
+ like `--track` would when creating the branch, except that where
branch points to is not changed.
--edit-description::
Open an editor and edit the text to explain what the branch is
for, to be used by various other commands (e.g. `request-pull`).
---contains <commit>::
- Only list branches which contain the specified commit.
+--contains [<commit>]::
+ Only list branches which contain the specified commit (HEAD
+ if not specified).
--merged [<commit>]::
Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the