Heya, On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 23:29, layer <layer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If I make a branch `foo' off master, commit a bunch of times, is there > a way to reference the place on master from which I branched? Depends, if you make a new branch from master, you can use 'git merge-base', so: $ # on master $ git checkout -b foo-topic-branch $ # work work $ git commit $ # work work $ git commit Now you want to know where you branches off from master: $ git merge-base foo-topic-branch master That will show you the commit you branches off from, even if master has grown new commits since then. -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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