----- Ursprungligt meddelande ----- > Från: "Jeremy Morton" <ad...@game-point.net> > 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
