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authorSamuel Maftoul <samuel.maftoul@gmail.com>2018-08-16 11:35:08 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2018-08-16 11:17:10 -0700
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branch: support configuring --sort via .gitconfig
Add support for configuring default sort ordering for git branches. Command line option will override this configured value, using the exact same syntax. Signed-off-by: Samuel Maftoul <samuel.maftoul@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
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@@ -268,10 +268,11 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
order of the value. You may use the --sort=<key> option
multiple times, in which case the last key becomes the primary
key. The keys supported are the same as those in `git
- for-each-ref`. Sort order defaults to sorting based on the
+ for-each-ref`. Sort order defaults to the value configured for the
+ `branch.sort` variable if exists, or to sorting based on the
full refname (including `refs/...` prefix). This lists
detached HEAD (if present) first, then local branches and
- finally remote-tracking branches.
+ finally remote-tracking branches. See linkgit:git-config[1].
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