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copied!<p>From the <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-branch.html" rel="noreferrer">git-branch manual page</a>:</p> <pre><code> git branch --contains <commit> </code></pre> <blockquote> <p>Only list branches which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not specified). Implies <code>--list</code>.</p> </blockquote> <hr> <pre><code> git branch -r --contains <commit> </code></pre> <p>Lists <strong><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/4697054/6309">remote tracking branches</a></strong> as well (as mentioned in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/3941992/user3941992">user3941992</a>'s <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/25311972/6309">answer</a> below) that is "local branches that have a direct relationship to a remote branch".</p> <hr> <p>See also this <a href="http://www.gitready.com/intermediate/2009/04/03/find-ancestor-commits.html" rel="noreferrer">git ready</a> article.</p> <blockquote> <p>The <code>--contains</code> tag will figure out if a certain commit has been brought in yet into your branch. Perhaps you’ve got a commit SHA from a patch you thought you had applied, or you just want to check if commit for your favorite open source project that reduces memory usage by 75% is in yet.</p> </blockquote> <pre><code>$ git log -1 tests commit d590f2ac0635ec0053c4a7377bd929943d475297 Author: Nick Quaranto <nick@quaran.to> Date: Wed Apr 1 20:38:59 2009 -0400 Green all around, finally. $ git branch --contains d590f2 tests * master </code></pre> <hr> <p>Note: <strong>if the commit is on a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/1070851/6309">remote tracking branch</a>, add the <code>-a</code> option</strong>.<br> (as <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/114904/michielb">MichielB</a> comments <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1419623/how-to-list-branches-that-contain-a-given-commit/1419637#comment27176667_1419637">below</a>)</p> <pre><code>git branch -a --contains <commit> </code></pre> <hr> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/65977/matrixfrog">MatrixFrog</a> comments that it only shows which branches contain that <em>exact</em> commit.<br> If you want to know which branches contain an "equivalent" commit (i.e. which branches have cherry-picked that commit) that's <strong><a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-cherry.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>git cherry</code></a></strong>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Because <code>git cherry</code> <strong>compares the changeset rather than the commit id (sha1)</strong>, you can use <code>git cherry</code> to find out if a commit you made locally has been applied <code><upstream></code> under a different commit id.<br> For example, this will happen if you’re feeding patches <code><upstream></code> via email rather than pushing or pulling commits directly.</p> </blockquote> <pre><code> __*__*__*__*__> <upstream> / fork-point \__+__+__-__+__+__-__+__> <head> </code></pre> <p>(Here, the commits marked '<code>-</code>' wouldn't show up with <code>git cherry</code>, meaning they are already present in <code><upstream></code>.)</p>

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