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+git-show-branch(1)
+==================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-show-branch - Show branches and their commits
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'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 <glob>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.
+
+It uses `showbranch.default` multi-valued configuration items if
+no <rev> or <glob> is given on the command line.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+<rev>::
+	Arbitrary extended SHA-1 expression (see linkgit:gitrevisions[7])
+	that typically names a branch head or a tag.
+
+<glob>::
+	A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
+	refs/.  For example, if you have many topic
+	branches under refs/heads/topic, giving
+	`topic/*` would show all of them.
+
+-r::
+--remotes::
+	Show the remote-tracking branches.
+
+-a::
+--all::
+	Show both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
+
+--current::
+	With this option, the command includes the current
+	branch to the list of revs to be shown when it is not
+	given on the command line.
+
+--topo-order::
+        By default, the branches and their commits are shown in
+        reverse chronological order.  This option makes them
+        appear in topological order (i.e., descendant commits
+        are shown before their parents).
+
+--date-order::
+	This option is similar to `--topo-order` in the sense that no
+	parent comes before all of its children, but otherwise commits
+	are ordered according to their commit date.
+
+--sparse::
+	By default, the output omits merges that are reachable
+	from only one tip being shown.  This option makes them
+	visible.
+
+--more=<n>::
+	Usually the command stops output upon showing the commit
+	that is the common ancestor of all the branches.  This
+	flag tells the command to go <n> more common commits
+	beyond that.  When <n> is negative, display only the
+	<reference>s given, without showing the commit ancestry
+	tree.
+
+--list::
+	Synonym to `--more=-1`
+
+--merge-base::
+	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
+	cannot be reached from any other <reference>.
+
+--no-name::
+	Do not show naming strings for each commit.
+
+--sha1-name::
+	Instead of naming the commits using the path to reach
+	them from heads (e.g. "master~2" to mean the grandparent
+	of "master"), name them with the unique prefix of their
+	object names.
+
+--topics::
+	Shows only commits that are NOT on the first branch given.
+	This helps track topic branches by hiding any commit that
+	is already in the main line of development.  When given
+	"git show-branch --topics master topic1 topic2", this
+	will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master
+	topic1 topic2"
+
+-g::
+--reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] [<ref>]::
+	Shows <n> most recent ref-log entries for the given
+	ref.  If <base> is given, <n> entries going back from
+	that entry.  <base> can be specified as count or date.
+	When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
+	current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
+
+--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.
+
+
+OUTPUT
+------
+Given N <references>, the first N lines are the one-line
+description from their commit message.  The branch head that is
+pointed at by $GIT_DIR/HEAD is prefixed with an asterisk `*`
+character while other heads are prefixed with a `!` character.
+
+Following these N lines, one-line log for each commit is
+displayed, indented N places.  If a commit is on the I-th
+branch, the I-th indentation character shows a `+` sign;
+otherwise it shows a space.  Merge commits are denoted by
+a `-` sign.  Each commit shows a short name that
+can be used as an extended SHA-1 to name that commit.
+
+The following example shows three branches, "master", "fixes"
+and "mhf":
+
+------------------------------------------------
+$ git show-branch master fixes mhf
+* [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
+ ! [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
+  ! [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
+---
+  + [mhf] Allow "+remote:local" refspec to cause --force when fetching.
+  + [mhf~1] Use git-octopus when pulling more than one heads.
+ +  [fixes] Introduce "reset type" flag to "git reset"
+  + [mhf~2] "git fetch --force".
+  + [mhf~3] Use .git/remote/origin, not .git/branches/origin.
+  + [mhf~4] Make "git pull" and "git fetch" default to origin
+  + [mhf~5] Infamous 'octopus merge'
+  + [mhf~6] Retire git-parse-remote.
+  + [mhf~7] Multi-head fetch.
+  + [mhf~8] Start adding the $GIT_DIR/remotes/ support.
+*++ [master] Add 'git show-branch'.
+------------------------------------------------
+
+These three branches all forked from a common commit, [master],
+whose commit message is "Add \'git show-branch'".
+The "fixes" branch adds one commit "Introduce "reset type" flag to
+"git reset"". The "mhf" branch adds many other commits.
+The current branch is "master".
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+If you keep your primary branches immediately under
+`refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
+it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
+
+------------
+[showbranch]
+	default = --topo-order
+	default = heads/*
+
+------------
+
+With this, `git show-branch` without extra parameters would show
+only the primary branches.  In addition, if you happen to be on
+your topic branch, it is shown as well.
+
+------------
+$ git show-branch --reflog="10,1 hour ago" --list master
+------------
+
+shows 10 reflog entries going back from the tip as of 1 hour ago.
+Without `--list`, the output also shows how these tips are
+topologically related with each other.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite