From: Fredrik Gustafsson Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 19:49:09 GMT Subject: Re: Feature request: "author branch" in commit object Message-ID: <20130702194909.GA24661@paksenarrion.iveqy.com> In-Reply-To: On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 12:37:13PM -0700, Ed Hutchins wrote: > I realize that branch names are ephemeral repo-specific things, but it > would be really useful to be able to determine what branch a commit > was authored from (as a hint to ancestry graph layout tools, for > example). Is there any way to do this currently, is it planned, or > would it be deemed useful enough to be worth adding to each commit > object? Let's see if I understand you. You want to (for each commit) to be able to tell the branch-name the commit had at the creation time? Not all commits have branches (however, loose commits is usually not wanted). Many commits are part of many branches. A branch is not a collection of commits but a pointer to a commit (which has parents). -- Med vänliga hälsningar Fredrik Gustafsson tel: 0733-608274 e-post: iveqy@iveqy.com