From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:00:01 GMT Subject: Re: Feature request: "author branch" in commit object Message-ID: <7v38rwlola.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Ed Hutchins writes: > 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). Hmm. I think the current thinking so far is that it is harmful to engrave that information in the commit object, exactly for the reason you stated upfront: these names are local in the repository the commit was created, and do not have any global meaning. > 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? No, no, and no, not because it is not just useful enough but it may be actively harmful.