Re: Recording the current branch on each commit?

From: Jeremy Morton <admin@game-point.net>
Date: Apr 27, 2014, 22:12 UTC
Message-ID: <535D80EB.2090701@game-point.net>
In-Reply-To: <53a594dd-cd3d-4b33-ada8-3d7e08b86ee2@email.android.com>

On 27/04/2014 22:40, James Denholm wrote:

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>> Also, you don't always have something you can link a commit to in an
>> issue tracker.  You may just be implementing a feature that has been
>> agreed upon, independently of any such tracker.  In that case, there's
>> no bug# to link to.
>
> In which case, refer to whatever system you use. If you aren't
> using a ticketing system, have the line "Relates-to: Water
> cooler conversation with Bob on July 28th" or whatever the
> patches relate to.
>
> (Arguably, though, the better solution is to use a ticketing
> system, or anything that allows discussion to be easily
> referenced.)

Well, as I said elsewhere in this discussion, Git should provide that functionality built-in, IMHO. It would be good to be able to set a one-liner in my .gitconfig to tag each commit with a "branch checked into" trailer.

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Best regards,
Jeremy Morton (Jez)