added help info to build and make commands

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/build.lua b/src/luarocks/build.lua
index 72b5649e..0e58e2e5 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/build.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/build.lua
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ or the name of a rock to be fetched from a repository.
                     be made permanent by setting keep_other_versions=true
                     in the configuration file.
 
+--branch=<name>     Override the `source.branch` field in the loaded
+                    rockspec. Allows to specify a different branch to 
+                    fetch. Particularly for SCM rocks.
+
 ]]..util.deps_mode_help()
 
 --- Install files to a given location.
diff --git a/src/luarocks/make.lua b/src/luarocks/make.lua
index 3999e39f..af7e68e6 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/make.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/make.lua
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ To install rocks, you'll normally want to use the "install" and
                     be made permanent by setting keep_other_versions=true
                     in the configuration file.
 
+--branch=<name>     Override the `source.branch` field in the loaded
+                    rockspec. Allows to specify a different branch to 
+                    fetch. Particularly for SCM rocks.
+
 ]]
 
 --- Driver function for "make" command.