2008/10/8 Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2008/10/8 Rotem Yaari <vmalloc@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Hi, >> >> I usually work with many branches in git, each of which represents a >> different state of development/stability, but also development tasks >> assigned to me. >> Sometimes, besides the name of the branch, it could be useful to have >> a short description of a branch which quickly reminds me what that >> branch is intended for. >> >> Currently I see no way in git to achieve this (there's a description >> for a repository, but not for individual branches). >> >> Any opinions on this? > > Wasn't this discussed here before, with a prototype? ISTR it was, but > dropped due to lack of interest? Have a look through the archives. The most recent thread was 'branch description' back in April, which discussed alternatives, but petered out: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/4/15/1442684/thread An older thread on 'topic descriptions' where Junio described his use of the config file for this: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2006/12/6/232466/thread And there's a similar feature in stgit, which uses the same config setting that Junio did: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/5/14/246358 http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2007/4/12/243404 -Baz > > -- Thomas Adam > -- > 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 > -- 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
