av-git-interaction(7)

NAME

av-git-interaction - av CLI Git Interaction

BRANCH CREATION AND ADOPTION

Typically in Git, a branch is created with git branch, git switch, or git checkout. Since av needs to keep track of the extra information about branches such as the parent branch, we have av-branch(1) to create a new branch and track the necessary information. This metadata is stored in .git/av/av.db. We call the branches that av has metadata for as "managed branches", and the branches that av doesn't have metadata for as "unmanaged branches".

There is a case where you created a branch without going through av-branch(1). In this case, you can attach the branch metadata by using av-adopt(1). The opposite can be done with av-orphan(1).

BRANCH DELETION

When you merge a branch, av-sync(1) will prompt you to delete the merged branches. However, there can be a case where you want to delete a branch that is not merged yet. In this case, you can delete the branch with git branch -d|-D.

When you delete a branch with git branch -d|-D, the branch metadata is still kept in .git/av/av.db. Next time you run av command, it'll be automatically removed.

If a deleted branch has a child branch, the child branch will be orphaned. This means that the child branch still exists in the Git repository, but av will not manage it. In order to add it back to av, you can use av-adopt(1).