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Update the git-branch man page to include the "-r" option,

and fix up asciidoc "callouts"

Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
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Sean Estabrooks 19 years ago committed by Junio C Hamano
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      Documentation/git-branch.txt
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Documentation/git-branch.txt

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NAME
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git-branch - Create a new branch, or remove an old one
git-branch - List, create, or delete branches.

SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git-branch' [[-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]]
'git-branch' (-d | -D) <branchname>
'git-branch' [-r]
'git-branch' [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
'git-branch' (-d | -D) <branchname>...

DESCRIPTION
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If no argument is provided, show available branches and mark current
branch with star. Otherwise, create a new branch of name <branchname>.
If a starting point is also specified, that will be where the branch is
created, otherwise it will be created at the current HEAD.
With no arguments given (or just `-r`) a list of available branches
will be shown, the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk.

With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted.
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>.
If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head
equal to that of the currently checked out branch.

With a `-d` or `-D` option, `<branchname>` will be deleted. You may
specify more than one branch for deletion.


OPTIONS
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Delete a branch irrespective of its index status.

-f::
Force a reset of <branchname> to <start-point> (or current head).
Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting
a branch that already exists with the same name.

-r::
List only the "remote" branches.

<branchname>::
The name of the branch to create or delete.

<start-point>::
Where to create the branch; defaults to HEAD. This
option has no meaning with -d and -D.
The new branch will be created with a HEAD equal to this. It may
be given as a branch name, a commit-id, or a tag. If this option
is omitted, the current branch is assumed.



Examples
~~~~~~~~
--------

Start development off of a known tag::
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$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
$ cd my2.6
$ git branch my2.6.14 v2.6.14 <1>
$ git branch my2.6.14 v2.6.14 <1>
$ git checkout my2.6.14

<1> These two steps are the same as "checkout -b my2.6.14 v2.6.14".
------------
+
<1> This step and the next one could be combined into a single step with
"checkout -b my2.6.14 v2.6.14".

Delete unneeded branch::
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$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/.../git.git my.git
$ cd my.git
$ git branch -D todo <1>

$ git branch -D todo <1>
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<1> delete todo branch even if the "master" branch does not have all
commits from todo branch.
------------


Notes
-----

If you are creating a branch that you want to immediately checkout, it's
easier to use the git checkout command with its `-b` option to create
a branch and check it out with a single command.


Author
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git-branch.sh

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#!/bin/sh

USAGE='[(-d | -D) <branchname>] | [[-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]]'
USAGE='[(-d | -D) <branchname>] | [[-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]] | -r'
LONG_USAGE='If no arguments, show available branches and mark current branch with a star.
If one argument, create a new branch <branchname> based off of current HEAD.
If two arguments, create a new branch <branchname> based off of <start-point>.'

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