How to find the branch from commit id

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Solution 1

On GitHub specifically, you now can see the branch a given commit is part of.
The blog post "Branch and Tag Labels For Commit Pages" details:

If the commit is not on the default branch, the indicator will show the branches which contain the commit.
If the commit is part of an unmerged pull request, a link will be shown.

Link to pull request

Once the commit makes it to the default branch, any tags that contain the commit will be shown, and the default branch will be the only branch listed.

branch part of commit


Original answer

You can list those branches:

git branch --contains <commit>

# in your case
git branch --contains <commit> | grep x

More details in "Git: Finding what branch a commit came from".

Don't forget that a commit can be part of several branches.

Solution 2

Just a cheat.

You can see the branch on the commit detail page of Github like the following:

https://github.com/{github_username}/{repo}/commit/{commit_id}

Ex: https://github.com/chungth/Laravel-5.2-Bootstrap3-starter-site/commit/f81c13234a9da988613e14e52f752abec5f51997

You can see the current branch name on that page.

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Updated on July 14, 2022

Comments

  • PriyankaK
    PriyankaK over 1 year

    So, I am trying to find branch name in which a given commit was made. (c853d8cf3ae34dae9866b874b96c6529515d7e90)

    I have the parent id and commit id referenced on the git issue.
    How can I find that given commit id was pushed in 'x' branch?

  • PriyankaK
    PriyankaK over 10 years
    Thanks for the update VonC.The new feature is pretty cool. Finally the feature I always wanted on Git.
  • ginna
    ginna over 7 years
    Super useful. Thank you!!
  • udondan
    udondan almost 5 years
    If you want to use it programatically, these options might be helpful: git branch --no-color --no-column --format "%(refname:lstrip=2)" --contains <commit>
  • Lester Peabody
    Lester Peabody over 4 years
    Do note that the use of --format in the above mentioned tip (as sweet as it is) is only available in git v2.13.2 and later.
  • jangorecki
    jangorecki almost 4 years
    what if there is no branch name there, probably got delete, how can I checkout to it locally?
  • VonC
    VonC almost 4 years
    @jangorecki you can create a new branch, starting from the commit id. git switch -c newBranch <commitID>, using the new git switch command: stackoverflow.com/a/57066202/6309