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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-branch.txt8
-rw-r--r--builtin-show-branch.c5
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index b38633c397..ba5313d51f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git-show-branch' [--all] [--remotes] [--topo-order] [--current]
[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics] [<rev> | <glob>]...
-'git-show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] <ref>
+'git-show-branch' (-g|--reflog)[=<n>[,<base>]] [--list] [<ref>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -97,11 +97,13 @@ OPTIONS
will show the revisions given by "git rev-list {caret}master
topic1 topic2"
---reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] <ref>::
+--reflog[=<n>[,<base>]] [<ref>]::
Shows <n> most recent ref-log entries for the given
ref. If <base> is given, <n> entries going back from
that entry. <base> can be specified as count or date.
- `-g` can be used as a short-hand for this option.
+ `-g` can be used as a short-hand for this option. When
+ no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
+ current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
are mutually exclusive.
diff --git a/builtin-show-branch.c b/builtin-show-branch.c
index fa62e487b1..0d94e40df8 100644
--- a/builtin-show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-show-branch.c
@@ -690,7 +690,10 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
if (ac == 0) {
static const char *fake_av[2];
- fake_av[0] = "HEAD";
+ const char *refname;
+
+ refname = resolve_ref("HEAD", sha1, 1, NULL);
+ fake_av[0] = xstrdup(refname);
fake_av[1] = NULL;
av = fake_av;
ac = 1;