From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Russ Dill" Subject: Re: branch description Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:31:06 -0700 Message-ID: References: <9b3e2dc20804150951scf8b3c7x26f3a56eab1f9840@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: "Stephen Sinclair" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Apr 15 19:51:58 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Jlp0c-000401-59 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:31:54 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753868AbYDORbI (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:31:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753692AbYDORbI (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:31:08 -0400 Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.29]:49514 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752058AbYDORbH (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:31:07 -0400 Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so1061106ywb.1 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:31:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=MiaVdMpaG2ZbjQot2vIA+WCQ83wv4YgjhbyNb3l0GZ0=; b=x9KEqJep2K/H6PlZhQttKgtZmj26aqoPf64f0bpWh6ahWSLu6EJxAanCD+7zCVSEMBHM4fMuqATwigt3DctQOQph1elWb5xiwaP6NVMprPNcomiwGD1lntwYXwOHQWE+JFXInyTL6ROj4/luTJ7xsY9/HoP+nIvePyG6wJMErxE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DyWKs93TbMH/C4mGsidWE29y88JwjsCL2+UmBB1fZkurrAiroNdduJ2cldiZ1ptkZzDGgcbyY7LxDbjBwvroDGSV10I4+/BRaYJBzeP9iadTj/Q7nXoPxRn0/Qgbb8rxCPUbEaxDjVvyBVBu4s/i3zSEWYfmAF1OZkaiIA2p7EY= Received: by 10.150.12.5 with SMTP id 5mr8144681ybl.39.1208280666115; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.52.7 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:31:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9b3e2dc20804150951scf8b3c7x26f3a56eab1f9840@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: > I find it useful to use fairly short names for branches. However, > sometimes I would like to have a full sentence to actually describe > what the branch is for, without having the peruse the actual commits. Me too. > This information could of course be kept on a web page, but it would > be nice to have it in the repo. Like, putting your bug number in the branch name. > Is there any such branch annotation command? > Ideally I'd like to see a sentence displayed next to the branch name > when I use "git-branch". > Perhaps, git-branch --info or something. The problem is that a branch is just a floating name for a line of development. Its not really a "thing" in the repository like a tag or a commit. You'd need to make some sort of special tag that describes the branch or somesuch.