From: Pascal Obry Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:06:12 GMT Subject: Re: Finding the name of the parent branch? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Santi, Thanks for your patience! > gitk topicbranch ^trackingbranch > > But I agree that a way to refer to the tracking branch would be great, as: > > branch^{origin} > > so you can say, for example: > > gitk topicbranch ^topicbranch^{origin} That's exactly what I'm looking for! > At least part of. You have to understand the branch model: > > git model: > * a branch is just a pointer to a commit > * you cannot say "this commit was done in that branch" > * what you can say is "this commit is contained in that branch" The second point wasn't clear to me. I had 2 out of 3 OK :) Thanks. -- --|------------------------------------------------------ --| Pascal Obry Team-Ada Member --| 45, rue Gabriel Peri - 78114 Magny Les Hameaux FRANCE --|------------------------------------------------------ --| http://www.obry.net --| "The best way to travel is by means of imagination" --| --| gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --recv-key C1082595