From: Marc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:08:47 GMT
Subject: Re: Feature Request: Branch Annotations
Message-ID: <20081008120847.GD9428@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <2faad3050810080441sdb1b29bxe92c467c2dd9a908@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 12:41:43PM +0100, Baz wrote:
> 2008/10/8 Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com>:
> > 2008/10/8 Rotem Yaari <vmalloc@gmail.com>:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I usually work with many branches in git, each of which represents a
> >> different state of development/stability, but also development tasks
> >> assigned to me.
> >> Sometimes, besides the name of the branch, it could be useful to have
> >> a short description of a branch which quickly reminds me what that
> >> branch is intended for.
> >>
> >> Currently I see no way in git to achieve this (there's a description
> >> for a repository, but not for individual branches).
> >>
> >> Any opinions on this?
[...]
Probably I've missed something. but doesn't top git add some special
files to remember branch relations?
I guess it removes them before merging upstream ?
I would have to reread the README or topGit source to confirm this.

Marc Weber