Documentation: branch: update --merged description

Update the documentation for --merged and --no-merged to explain
the meaning of the optional parameter introduced in commit 049716b
(branch --merged/--no-merged: allow specifying arbitrary commit,
2008-07-08).

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
maint
Jonathan Nieder 2009-10-09 05:18:58 -05:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 25dcc0d64b
commit 58d2c961b3
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@ -134,11 +134,13 @@ start-point is either a local or remote branch.
--contains <commit>::
Only list branches which contain the specified commit.

--merged::
Only list branches which are fully contained by HEAD.
--merged [<commit>]::
Only list branches whose tips are reachable from the
specified commit (HEAD if not specified).

--no-merged::
Do not list branches which are fully contained by HEAD.
--no-merged [<commit>]::
Only list branches whose tips are not reachable from the
specified commit (HEAD if not specified).

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