Re: Find a topic branch containing a commit

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Stefan Beller [off-list ref] wrote:

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Stefan Beller [off-list ref] wrote:

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PS. Sometimes I wish we could optionally save cover letter in the
merge commit. Sometimes the "big plan" is hard to see by reading
individual commit messages.
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I had this wish, too. That makes a lot of sense for merge commits,
although it doesn't work well with our current workflow I would presume,
because the merge commit happens at a different time than when Junio
picks up a patch series. And in the mean time, where would we
store the cover letter information to not get lost?

We have config branch.xxx.description for that. If we teach git-am to
pick up (a selected portion of) the cover letter and save it in
branch.xxx.description (or even a new key like branch.xxx.mergeMsg)
then nothing is lost.
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Duy