Ed Hutchins <eh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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. -- 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