Re: Recording the current branch on each commit?

Jeremy Morton [off-list ref] wrote:

On 27/04/2014 22:40, James Denholm wrote:

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Also, you don't always have something you can link a commit to in an
issue tracker.  You may just be implementing a feature that has been
agreed upon, independently of any such tracker.  In that case,

there's

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no bug# to link to.

In which case, refer to whatever system you use. If you aren't
using a ticketing system, have the line "Relates-to: Water
cooler conversation with Bob on July 28th" or whatever the
patches relate to.

(Arguably, though, the better solution is to use a ticketing
system, or anything that allows discussion to be easily
referenced.)

Well, as I said elsewhere in this discussion, Git should provide that 
functionality built-in, IMHO.  It would be good to be able to set a 
one-liner in my .gitconfig to tag each commit with a "branch checked 
into" trailer.

In that case, write something onto your post-commit hook and the
functionality would be achieved. A relates-to line doesn't need a
change to the structure of git commits.