History Branching

History Branching

Go back to any point in your project's history and create a new branch — with full context from that moment.

Use Cases

• "I should have taken a different approach 3 days ago" — Branch from that commit, with the conversation context from that time
• "Let me try Vue instead of React" — Fork from before the React decision
• Code review discovered a wrong turn — Go back to before the wrong turn with full hindsight

How It Works

1. In the project view, find a git commit in the OUTCOME section
2. Right-click → Continue from here
3. Fill in:
   • Reason: Why you're going back (optional, written into the branch context)
   • Mode: Worktree (lightweight, linked) or Clone (full copy)
   • Branch name: Name for the new git branch
   • Target directory: Where to create it
   • Include hindsight: Show what commits happened after this point

Modes

Worktree

• Lightweight: Creates a linked directory inside .branches/
• Shares git history with the original project
• Easy to merge changes back
• Cannot delete the original project while worktree exists

Clone

• Full copy: Independent project at any location
• Larger disk usage
• Safe to delete the original
• No merge path back (manual cherry-pick needed)

Context Written

Memora writes a CLAUDE.md in the new branch containing:

• Why this branch was created — your reason
• State at branch point — conversation + git context from that moment
• Hindsight (optional) — what commits happened after, so you know what to avoid or reconsider