1STG-BRANCH(1) StGit Manual STG-BRANCH(1)
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6 stg-branch - Branch operations: switch, list, create, rename, delete,
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10 stg branch
11 stg branch [--merge] [--] <branch>
12 stg branch --list
13 stg branch --create [--] <new-branch> [<committish>]
14 stg branch --clone [--] [<new-branch>]
15 stg branch --rename [--] [<old-name>] <new-name>
16 stg branch --protect [--] [<branch>]
17 stg branch --unprotect [--] [<branch>]
18 stg branch --delete [--force] [--] <branch>
19 stg branch --cleanup [--force] [--] [<branch>]
20 stg branch --description=<description> [--] [<branch>]
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23 Create, clone, switch between, rename, or delete development branches
24 within a git repository.
25 stg branch
27 Display the name of the current branch.
28 stg branch <branch>
30 Switch to the given branch.
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33 -l, --list
34 List each branch in the current repository, followed by its branch
35 description (if any). The current branch is prefixed with >.
36 Branches that have been initialized for StGit (with stg-init(1))
37 are prefixed with s. Protected branches are prefixed with p.
38 -c, --create
40 Create (and switch to) a new branch. The new branch is already
41 initialized as an StGit patch stack, so you do not have to run stg-
42 init(1) manually. If you give a committish argument, the new branch
43 is based there; otherwise, it is based at the current HEAD.
44 StGit will try to detect the branch off of which the new branch is
46 forked, as well as the remote repository from which that parent
47 branch is taken (if any), so that running stg-pull(1) will
48 automatically pull new commits from the correct branch. It will
49 warn if it cannot guess the parent branch (e.g. if you do not
50 specify a branch name as committish).
51 --clone
53 Clone the current branch, under the name <new-branch> if specified,
54 or using the current branch’s name plus a timestamp.
55 The description of the new branch is set to tell it is a clone of
57 the current branch. The parent information of the new branch is
58 copied from the current branch.
59 -r, --rename
61 Rename an existing branch.
62 -p, --protect
64 Prevent StGit from modifying a branch — either the current one, or
65 one named on the command line.
66 -u, --unprotect
68 Allow StGit to modify a branch — either the current one, or one
69 named on the command line. This undoes the effect of an earlier stg
70 branch --protect command.
71 --delete
73 Delete the named branch. If there are any patches left in the
74 branch, StGit will refuse to delete it unless you give the --force
75 flag.
76 A protected branch cannot be deleted; it must be unprotected first
78 (see --unprotect above).
79 If you delete the current branch, you are switched to the "master"
81 branch, if it exists.
82 --cleanup
84 Remove the StGit information for the current or given branch. If
85 there are patches left in the branch, StGit refuses the operation
86 unless --force is given.
87 A protected branch cannot be cleaned up; it must be unprotected
89 first (see --unprotect above).
90 A cleaned up branch can be re-initialised using the stg init
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93 -d DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION
95 Set the branch description.
96 --merge
98 Merge work tree changes into the other branch.
99 --force
101 Force a delete when the series is not empty.
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104 Part of the StGit suite - see stg(1)
105StGit 1.4 01/22/2022 STG-BRANCH(1)