How to find the nearest parent of a Git branch?

Question

Let\'s say I have the following local repository with a commit tree like this:

master --> a
            \\
             \\
      develop c --> d
               


        

Answer 1

Remember that, as described in "Git: Finding what branch a commit came from", you cannot easily pinpoint the branch where that commit has been made (branches can be renamed, moved, deleted...), even though git branch --contains is a start.

• You can go back from commit to commit until git branch --contains doesn't list the feature branch and list develop branch,
• compare that commit SHA1 to /refs/heads/develop

If the two commits id match, you are good to go (that would mean the feature branch has its origin at the HEAD of develop).