Re: Finding the name of the parent branch?

[Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net>]

Santi,

Thanks for your patience!

> gitk topicbranch ^trackingbranch
>
> But I agree that a way to refer to the tracking branch would be great, as:
>
> branch^{origin}
>
> so you can say, for example:
>
> gitk topicbranch ^topicbranch^{origin}

That's exactly what I'm looking for!

> At least part of. You have to understand the branch model:
>
> git model:
>  * a branch is just a pointer to a commit
>  * you cannot say "this commit was done in that branch"
>  * what you can say is "this commit is contained in that branch"

The second point wasn't clear to me.

I had 2 out of 3 OK :)

Thanks.

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