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STG-BRANCH(1)                 StGit Manual                 STG-BRANCH(1)

NAME top

       stg-branch - Branch operations: switch, list, create, rename,
       delete, ...

SYNOPSIS top

       stg branch
       stg branch [--merge] [--] <branch>
       stg branch --list
       stg branch --create [--] <new-branch> [<committish>]
       stg branch --clone [--] [<new-branch>]
       stg branch --rename [--] [<old-name>] <new-name>
       stg branch --protect [--] [<branch>]
       stg branch --unprotect [--] [<branch>]
       stg branch --delete [--force] [--] <branch>
       stg branch --cleanup [--force] [--] [<branch>]
       stg branch --description=<description> [--] [<branch>]

DESCRIPTION top

       Create, clone, switch between, rename, or delete development
       branches within a git repository.

       stg branch
           Display the name of the current branch.

       stg branch <branch>
           Switch to the given branch.

OPTIONS top

       -l, --list
           List each branch in the current repository, followed by its
           branch description (if any). The current branch is prefixed
           with >. Branches that have been initialized for StGit (with
           stg-init(1)) are prefixed with s. Protected branches are
           prefixed with p.

       -c, --create
           Create (and switch to) a new branch. The new branch is
           already initialized as an StGit patch stack, so you do not
           have to run stg-init(1) manually. If you give a committish
           argument, the new branch is based there; otherwise, it is
           based at the current HEAD.

           StGit will try to detect the branch off of which the new
           branch is forked, as well as the remote repository from which
           that parent branch is taken (if any), so that running
           stg-pull(1) will automatically pull new commits from the
           correct branch. It will warn if it cannot guess the parent
           branch (e.g. if you do not specify a branch name as
           committish).

       --clone
           Clone the current branch, under the name <new-branch> if
           specified, or using the current branch’s name plus a
           timestamp.

           The description of the new branch is set to tell it is a
           clone of the current branch. The parent information of the
           new branch is copied from the current branch.

       -r, --rename
           Rename an existing branch.

       -p, --protect
           Prevent StGit from modifying a branch — either the current
           one, or one named on the command line.

       -u, --unprotect
           Allow StGit to modify a branch — either the current one, or
           one named on the command line. This undoes the effect of an
           earlier stg branch --protect command.

       --delete
           Delete the named branch. If there are any patches left in the
           branch, StGit will refuse to delete it unless you give the
           --force flag.

           A protected branch cannot be deleted; it must be unprotected
           first (see --unprotect above).

           If you delete the current branch, you are switched to the
           "master" branch, if it exists.

       --cleanup
           Remove the StGit information for the current or given branch.
           If there are patches left in the branch, StGit refuses the
           operation unless --force is given.

           A protected branch cannot be cleaned up; it must be
           unprotected first (see --unprotect above).

           A cleaned up branch can be re-initialised using the stg init
           command.

       -d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION
           Set the branch description.

       --merge
           Merge work tree changes into the other branch.

       --force
           Force a delete when the series is not empty.

STGIT top

       Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)

COLOPHON top

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StGit 1.4.dev34+g8254ffb       12/17/2022                  STG-BRANCH(1)

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