Is there a way of getting the info about branch (using libgit2 library), ideally git_reference* from git_commit* ?
What I'm trying to do is basically a getting info about a branch from a commit.
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1Possible duplicate of [Finding what branch a git commit came from](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2706797/finding-what-branch-a-git-commit-came-from) – matias elgart Nov 30 '16 at 19:22
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I specifically tagged it as libgit2 – There is nothing we can do Nov 30 '16 at 19:26
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No, there is no way to do this. Git commits are not "on" a branch, instead a branch is a pointer to a commit. So the data storage goes the opposite direction. As a result, many branches may point to the same commit, so there would be no way to get a single branch from a commit.
You could find all branches that contain a given commit, but due to the rather vague nature of this, it's not functionality that libgit2 provides. You could certainly implement it yourself using libgit2, by revwalking the branches that you're interested in to see if the given commit is found. But it will be very disappointing, performance-wise.
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Hi, thank you for your reply. At least I know where I stand now. Best Regards – There is nothing we can do Dec 06 '16 at 17:34