Re: Recording the current branch on each commit?

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Från: "Jeremy Morton" [off-list ref]
Till: git@vger.kernel.org
Skickat: söndag, 27 apr 2014 1:56:47
Ämne: Recording the current branch on each commit?

Currently, git records a checksum, author, commit date/time, and commit
message with every commit (as get be seen from 'git log').  I think it
would be useful if, along with the Author and Date, git recorded the
name of the current branch on each commit.  The branch name can provide
useful contextual information.  For instance, let's say I'm developing a
suite of games.  If the commit message says "Added basic options
dialog", it might be useful to see that the branch name is
"pacman-minigame" indicating that the commit pertains to the options
dialog in the Pacman minigame.  Basically, I'm saying that well-named
branches can and do carry useful contextual information that oughtn't to
be thrown away.  Currently, when you delete that branch, you lose the
branch name altogether.

So what do you think?  Would it be good to have a patch to add this feature?

Branch names are usually poorly named, so often you don't lose much. One way
some people to is to always merge with --no-ff, that way you see the branch
name in the merge commit. 

A very popular way of tracking context is to add some id, such as a bugzilla issue
number, to the header or footer of the commit message. Often a branch contains many
issues, but the branch itself isn't very interesting. Tools like gitblit, gitweb,
gerrit etc can easily be configured to link to the issue using a regular expression.

-- robin