In today git archive, todo branch. $ git-rev-list -n1 --header b14e2494b8a70737066f4ade4df1b5559e81b44b b14e2494b8a70737066f4ade4df1b5559e81b44b tree 1baa1f8405d1fef90fe95f2477133a69adec288b parent 8158d510c641e2354cf24a10bc3e994c7a1e3125 author Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> 1137562948 -0800 committer Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> 1137562948 -0800 TODO updates 2006-01-17. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> Is it possible to get branch name from a revision sha? Something like $ git branch b14e2494b8a70737066f4ade4df1b5559e81b44b todo I need this to correctly annotate files not in HEAD tree. Currently qgit runs git-rev-list --header --topo-order --parents --remove-empty HEAD -- <path> to get a file history. But this fails if <path> is not found in HEAD. The right command to run in our case should be: git-rev-list --header --topo-order --parents --remove-empty todo -- <path> So I need to get 'todo' branch name from a given revision sha's. BTW also git blame fails (gracefully) if revision is not in HEAD: $ git blame b14e2494b8a70737066f4ade4df1b5559e81b44b b14e2494b8a70737066f4ade4df1b5559e81b44b not found in HEAD Thanks Marco - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html