Say if my project contains two masters (master and master_ios) and I want to see what the origin of a feature branch is (by origin, i mean the branch the feature branch is based off), how would I accomplish this in git?
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4[Find common ancestor of two branches](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1549146/find-common-ancestor-of-two-branches) solves your task – Alex Dvoretsky Sep 12 '14 at 19:06
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The question is not asking to find a common ancestor. Is it? – canbax Oct 19 '21 at 14:21
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git remote show origin
shows remote and local branches with tracking info.
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46this command only tells me, that my branch is tracked but not its origin. So how is this the answer to the question? – Oct 17 '18 at 20:18
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This command asks for a password if not authorized. Not suitable if you just want to get the remote URL. – Darrarski Feb 14 '22 at 11:25
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@user8434768 In local branch section it shows the remote branch of your local branchs. – haj_baba Jun 11 '23 at 08:00
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Git does not track what branch a commit was created on and does not track where a branch was branched off from. There is no information in git that you can use answer that question.
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