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stg-series

STG-SERIES(1)							   StGit Manual 						     STG-SERIES(1)

NAME

       stg-series - Print the patch series

SYNOPSIS

       stg series [options] [<patch-range>]

DESCRIPTION

       Show all the patches in the series, or just those in the given range, ordered from top to bottom.

       The applied patches are prefixed with a + (except the current patch, which is prefixed with a >), the unapplied patches with a -, and the
       hidden patches with a !.

       Empty patches are prefixed with a 0.

OPTIONS

       -b BRANCH, --branch BRANCH
	   Use BRANCH instead of the default branch.

       -a, --all
	   Show all patches, including the hidden ones.

       -A, --applied
	   Show the applied patches only.

       -U, --unapplied
	   Show the unapplied patches only.

       -H, --hidden
	   Show the hidden patches only.

       -m BRANCH, --missing BRANCH
	   Show patches in BRANCH missing in current.

       -c, --count
	   Print the number of patches in the series.

       -d, --description
	   Show a short description for each patch.

       --author
	   Show the author name for each patch.

       -e, --empty
	   Before the +, >, -, and ! prefixes, print a column that contains either 0 (for empty patches) or a space (for non-empty patches).

       --showbranch
	   Append the branch name to the listed patches.

       --noprefix
	   Do not show the patch status prefix.

       -s, --short
	   List just the patches around the topmost patch.

STGIT

       Part of the StGit suite - see linkman:stg[1]

StGit								    03/13/2012							     STG-SERIES(1)