A commit isn't really "in" a branch in git in the same way as it is in hg. In hg, each commit "belongs" to a branch (I'm remembering correctly here, right?). In

A commit isn't really "in" a branch in git in the same way as it is in hg. In hg, each commit "belongs" to a branch (I'm remembering correctly here, right?). In git, a "branch" is basically a variable pointing at a specific commit. A commit can be part of one or many branches (or even none).