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

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       stg branch
       stg branch <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 --description=<description> [<branch>]

DESCRIPTION

       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

       -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 linkstg:init[]) 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
	   linkstg:init[] 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 linkstg:pull[] 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.

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

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

STGIT

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

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