NAME

       Git::Raw::Branch - Git branch class

VERSION

       version 0.88

SYNOPSIS

           use Git::Raw;

           # open the Git repository at $path
           my $repo = Git::Raw::Repository -> open($path);

           # create a new branch named 'some_branch'
           $repo -> branch('some_branch', $repo -> head -> target);

DESCRIPTION

       Helper class for branch manipulation. Note that a Git branch is nothing more than a
       Git::Raw::Reference, so this class inherits all methods from it.

       WARNING: The API of this module is unstable and may change without warning (any change
       will be appropriately documented in the changelog).

METHODS

   create( $repo, $name, $target )
       Create a new branch given a name and a target object (either a Git::Raw::Commit or a
       Git::Raw::Tag).

   lookup( $repo, $name, $is_local )
       Retrieve the branch corresponding to the given branch name.

   move( $name, $force )
       Rename the branch to $name. Note that in order to get the updated branch object, an
       additional "Git::Raw::Branch->lookup()" is needed.

   upstream( [$upstream] )
       Retrieve or set the reference supporting the remote tracking branch, given the local
       branch. If there is no corresponding supporting reference, this function will return
       "undef". $upstream may either be a Git::Raw::Reference, a string containing the upstream
       reference name or "undef". If $upstream is set to "undef", the remote tracking branch
       association is removed.

   upstream_name( )
       Return the name of the reference supporting the remote tracking branch, given the the
       local branch. If there is no associated remote tracking branch, this function will return
       "undef".

   remote_name( )
       Return the name of remote that the remote tracking branch belongs to, given the local
       branch. If there is no associated remote tracking branch, this function will return
       "undef".

   is_head( )
       Check if the current local branch is pointed at by HEAD.

AUTHOR

       Alessandro Ghedini <alexbio@cpan.org>

       Jacques Germishuys <jacquesg@striata.com>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2012 Alessandro Ghedini.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or
       the Artistic License.

       See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.