From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:14:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFE] option for find branches in a remote repo which contain a certain commit
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In-Reply-To: <CACBZZX6nbWCFWWy5NTMSAPOf4RHUAbC9TuffPPy=2Ehn7KSnaA@mail.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:58 PM, ryenus <ryenus@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Given a certain commit, I want there's a command/option for git to
>> make it search the remote repo (e.g. origin) and tell me the
>> branches there which contain that commit.
>
> git branch --contains <commit>
> git branch -a --contains <commit>
> git tag --contains <commit>

Yes and no.  These are all local operations, so you would need to do
a "git clone" before starting to dig history like that.