How to show git log with branch name

Question

I try git log w/ --decorate and --source options. But still can not get the branch name of commit 2f3cb60 and d7e7776, Why?

#git log 2f3cb60 --graph  --decorate --source --all --oneline ... * | | | 1920ad5 refs/heads/gpio support gpio lib | |/ / |/| | * | | 2f3cb60   2f3cb60 fix * | | d7e7776   2f3cb60 fix | |/ |/| * | aa4dcfb     refs/remotes/origin/httpd support * | cfc839d     refs/remotes/origin/httpd add folder 

How do I show git log with branch name?

Answer 1

$ git log --graph --decorate --oneline * 1f3e836 (HEAD, origin/v2, v2) Change scripts to new format. *   34d458f (origin/master, master) Merge branch 'new-shell' |\   | * 995ece7 (origin/new-shell) Fix index.html and add script pushing. | * fe0615f New shell hello-world. |/   * fe1b1c0 Progress. ... 

git log --graph --decorate --oneline should show you names of the commits that have names. Not every commit is associated with a branch name.

Remember, a branch name is just a pointer to a particular commit. Each commit has a parent, so one commit may be a part of the history of a dozen separate branches.

• You can see which branches contain a commit via git branch --contains <ref>.
• If you just need some kind of symbolic name to track down a commit, use git name-rev <ref>.

• If you need a shell-scriptable ("plumbing") list of all branches containing a commit, try this:

  commit=$(git rev-parse <ref>) # expands hash if needed for branch in $(git for-each-ref --format "%(refname)" refs/heads); do   if git rev-list "$branch" | fgrep -q "$commit"; then     echo "$branch"   fi done 

See also: SO: Finding what branch a commit came from