Run various subcommands to manage branches of the open repository or of the repository identified by the -R or --repository option.

fossil branch current

Print the name of the branch for the current check-out

fossil branch info BRANCH-NAME

Print information about a branch

fossil branch list|ls ?OPTIONS?

List all branches. Options:

-a|--all

List all branches. Default show only open branches

-c|--closed

List closed branches.

-r

Reverse the sort order

-t

Show recently changed branches first

fossil branch new BRANCH-NAME BASIS ?OPTIONS?

Create a new branch BRANCH-NAME off of check-in BASIS. Supported options for this subcommand include: --private branch is private (i.e., remains local) --bgcolor COLOR use COLOR instead of automatic background --nosign do not sign contents on this branch --date-override DATE DATE to use instead of 'now' --user-override USER USER to use instead of the current default

DATE may be "now" or "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSS". If in year-month-day form, it may be truncated, the "T" may be replaced by a space, and it may also name a timezone offset from UTC as "-HH:MM" (westward) or "+HH:MM" (eastward). Either no timezone suffix or "Z" means UTC.

Options valid for all subcommands:

-R|--repository FILE

Run commands on repository FILE