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[PATCH] git-branch: Mention -d and -D in man-page.

From
Andreas Ericsson <exon@op5.se>
Date
Nov 14, 2005, 16:53 UTC
Message-ID
<20051114165342.3F8185BF92@nox.op5.se>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
---
 Documentation/git-branch.txt |   15 +++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

applies-to: 963d67921d6f65c08d51a8c93811f03274c34703 f67747f6501aa0b8bd5e58a3933fd1a738f69441

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index a7121a4..98014f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ git-branch(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-branch - Create a new branch.
+git-branch - Create a new branch, or remove an old one.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-branch' [<branchname> [start-point]]
+'git-branch' [-d | -D] [<branchname> [start-point]]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -19,11 +19,18 @@ created, otherwise it will be created at
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+-d::
+	Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged.
+
+-D::
+	Delete a branch irrespective of its index status.
+
 <branchname>::
-	The name of the branch to create.
+	The name of the branch to create or delete.
 
 start-point::
-	Where to create the branch; defaults to HEAD.
+	Where to create the branch; defaults to HEAD. This
+	option has no meaning with -d and -D.
 
 Author
 ------
---
0.99.9.GIT
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