diff --git a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/server/change/ConsistencyCheckerIT.java b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/server/change/ConsistencyCheckerIT.java
index b22c3a4283..5839ae7ea0 100644
--- a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/server/change/ConsistencyCheckerIT.java
+++ b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/server/change/ConsistencyCheckerIT.java
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.IdentifiedUser;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.change.ConsistencyChecker;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeUpdate;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ChangeControl;
 import com.google.gerrit.testutil.TestChanges;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
@@ -48,9 +51,18 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 @NoHttpd
 public class ConsistencyCheckerIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
+  @Inject
+  private ChangeControl.GenericFactory changeControlFactory;
+
+  @Inject
+  private ChangeUpdate.Factory changeUpdateFactory;
+
   @Inject
   private Provider<ConsistencyChecker> checkerProvider;
 
+  @Inject
+  private IdentifiedUser.GenericFactory userFactory;
+
   private RevCommit tip;
   private Account.Id adminId;
   private ConsistencyChecker checker;
@@ -570,6 +582,12 @@ public class ConsistencyCheckerIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
   private Change insertChange() throws Exception {
     Change c = newChange(project, adminId);
     db.changes().insert(singleton(c));
+
+    ChangeUpdate u = changeUpdateFactory.create(
+        changeControlFactory.controlFor(c, userFactory.create(adminId)));
+    u.setBranch(c.getDest().get());
+    u.commit();
+
     return c;
   }
 
diff --git a/gerrit-reviewdb/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/reviewdb/client/Change.java b/gerrit-reviewdb/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/reviewdb/client/Change.java
index 9b6581a0ba..1482b11f4d 100644
--- a/gerrit-reviewdb/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/reviewdb/client/Change.java
+++ b/gerrit-reviewdb/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/reviewdb/client/Change.java
@@ -551,6 +551,10 @@ public final class Change {
     return dest;
   }
 
+  public void setDest(Branch.NameKey dest) {
+    this.dest = dest;
+  }
+
   public Project.NameKey getProject() {
     return dest.getParentKey();
   }
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/ChangeInserter.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/ChangeInserter.java
index 80fe622d2c..ad7d607959 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/ChangeInserter.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/ChangeInserter.java
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ public class ChangeInserter extends BatchUpdate.InsertChangeOp {
 
     ChangeUpdate update = ctx.getUpdate(psId);
     update.setSubject("Create change");
+    update.setBranch(change.getDest().get());
     update.setTopic(change.getTopic());
 
     boolean draft = status == Change.Status.DRAFT;
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNoteUtil.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNoteUtil.java
index afba8adf55..672b204004 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNoteUtil.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNoteUtil.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 public class ChangeNoteUtil {
   static final String GERRIT_PLACEHOLDER_HOST = "gerrit";
 
+  static final FooterKey FOOTER_BRANCH = new FooterKey("Branch");
   static final FooterKey FOOTER_HASHTAGS = new FooterKey("Hashtags");
   static final FooterKey FOOTER_LABEL = new FooterKey("Label");
   static final FooterKey FOOTER_PATCH_SET = new FooterKey("Patch-set");
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotes.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotes.java
index e93b09f4d9..aa5545d515 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotes.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotes.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
 import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.SubmitRecord;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Branch;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.ChangeMessage;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchLineComment;
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ public class ChangeNotes extends AbstractChangeNotes<ChangeNotes> {
       allChangeMessages = parser.buildAllMessages();
       comments = ImmutableListMultimap.copyOf(parser.comments);
       noteMap = parser.commentNoteMap;
+      change.setDest(new Branch.NameKey(getProjectName(), parser.branch));
       change.setTopic(Strings.emptyToNull(parser.topic));
       change.setCreatedOn(parser.createdOn);
       change.setLastUpdatedOn(parser.lastUpdatedOn);
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesParser.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesParser.java
index 30432a48f3..8cb5618a20 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesParser.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesParser.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package com.google.gerrit.server.notedb;
 
+import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.FOOTER_BRANCH;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.FOOTER_HASHTAGS;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.FOOTER_LABEL;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.FOOTER_PATCH_SET;
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.FOOTER_TOPIC;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.GERRIT_PLACEHOLDER_HOST;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Enums;
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.LabelId;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchLineComment;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSetApproval;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.RefNames;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.RevId;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.LabelVote;
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -79,6 +84,7 @@ class ChangeNotesParser implements AutoCloseable {
   final List<SubmitRecord> submitRecords;
   final Multimap<RevId, PatchLineComment> comments;
   NoteMap commentNoteMap;
+  String branch;
   Change.Status status;
   String topic;
   Set<String> hashtags;
@@ -125,6 +131,7 @@ class ChangeNotesParser implements AutoCloseable {
     parseComments();
     allPastReviewers.addAll(reviewers.keySet());
     pruneReviewers();
+    checkMandatoryFooters();
   }
 
   ImmutableListMultimap<PatchSet.Id, PatchSetApproval>
@@ -161,6 +168,9 @@ class ChangeNotesParser implements AutoCloseable {
     if (lastUpdatedOn == null) {
       lastUpdatedOn = getCommitTime(commit);
     }
+    if (branch == null) {
+      branch = parseBranch(commit);
+    }
     if (status == null) {
       status = parseStatus(commit);
     }
@@ -204,6 +214,17 @@ class ChangeNotesParser implements AutoCloseable {
     return submissionIdLines.get(0);
   }
 
+  private String parseBranch(RevCommit commit)
+      throws ConfigInvalidException {
+    List<String> branchLines = commit.getFooterLines(FOOTER_BRANCH);
+    if (branchLines.isEmpty()) {
+      return null;
+    } else if (branchLines.size() > 1) {
+      throw expectedOneFooter(FOOTER_BRANCH, branchLines);
+    }
+    return RefNames.fullName(branchLines.get(0));
+  }
+
   private String parseTopic(RevCommit commit)
       throws ConfigInvalidException {
     List<String> topicLines = commit.getFooterLines(FOOTER_TOPIC);
@@ -215,7 +236,6 @@ class ChangeNotesParser implements AutoCloseable {
     return topicLines.get(0);
   }
 
-
   private void parseHashtags(RevCommit commit) throws ConfigInvalidException {
     // Commits are parsed in reverse order and only the last set of hashtags should be used.
     if (hashtags != null) {
@@ -520,6 +540,22 @@ class ChangeNotesParser implements AutoCloseable {
     }
   }
 
+  private void checkMandatoryFooters() throws ConfigInvalidException {
+    List<FooterKey> missing = new ArrayList<>();
+    if (branch == null) {
+      missing.add(FOOTER_BRANCH);
+    }
+    if (!missing.isEmpty()) {
+      throw parseException("Missing footers: " + Joiner.on(", ")
+          .join(Lists.transform(missing, new Function<FooterKey, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public String apply(FooterKey input) {
+              return input.getName();
+            }
+          })));
+    }
+  }
+
   private ConfigInvalidException expectedOneFooter(FooterKey footer,
       List<String> actual) {
     return parseException("missing or multiple %s: %s",
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeRebuilder.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeRebuilder.java
index 22ccac72ec..15602ee4ef 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeRebuilder.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeRebuilder.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class ChangeRebuilder {
         ArrayListMultimap.create();
 
     for (PatchSet ps : db.patchSets().byChange(changeId)) {
-      events.add(new PatchSetEvent(ps));
+      events.add(new PatchSetEvent(change, ps));
       for (PatchLineComment c : db.patchComments().byPatchSet(ps.getId())) {
         PatchLineCommentEvent e =
             new PatchLineCommentEvent(c, change, ps, patchListCache);
@@ -306,10 +306,12 @@ public class ChangeRebuilder {
   }
 
   private static class PatchSetEvent extends Event {
+    private final Change change;
     private final PatchSet ps;
 
-    PatchSetEvent(PatchSet ps) {
+    PatchSetEvent(Change change, PatchSet ps) {
       super(ps.getId(), ps.getUploader(), ps.getCreatedOn());
+      this.change = change;
       this.ps = ps;
     }
 
@@ -318,6 +320,7 @@ public class ChangeRebuilder {
       checkUpdate(update);
       if (ps.getPatchSetId() == 1) {
         update.setSubject("Create change");
+        update.setBranch(change.getDest().get());
       } else {
         update.setSubject("Create patch set " + ps.getPatchSetId());
       }
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeUpdate.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeUpdate.java
index f52b279587..449c3ba682 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeUpdate.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeUpdate.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package com.google.gerrit.server.notedb;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
+import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.FOOTER_BRANCH;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.FOOTER_HASHTAGS;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.FOOTER_LABEL;
 import static com.google.gerrit.server.notedb.ChangeNoteUtil.FOOTER_PATCH_SET;
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ public class ChangeUpdate extends AbstractChangeUpdate {
   private final AccountCache accountCache;
   private final Table<String, Account.Id, Optional<Short>> approvals;
   private final Map<Account.Id, ReviewerStateInternal> reviewers;
+  private String branch;
   private Change.Status status;
   private String subject;
   private List<SubmitRecord> submitRecords;
@@ -179,6 +181,10 @@ public class ChangeUpdate extends AbstractChangeUpdate {
     this.comments = Lists.newArrayList();
   }
 
+  public void setBranch(String branch) {
+    this.branch = branch;
+  }
+
   public void setStatus(Change.Status status) {
     checkArgument(status != Change.Status.MERGED,
         "use merge(Iterable<SubmitRecord>)");
@@ -443,6 +449,11 @@ public class ChangeUpdate extends AbstractChangeUpdate {
 
 
     addFooter(msg, FOOTER_PATCH_SET, ps);
+
+    if (branch != null) {
+      addFooter(msg, FOOTER_BRANCH, branch);
+    }
+
     if (status != null) {
       addFooter(msg, FOOTER_STATUS, status.name().toLowerCase());
     }
@@ -519,6 +530,7 @@ public class ChangeUpdate extends AbstractChangeUpdate {
         && changeMessage == null
         && comments.isEmpty()
         && reviewers.isEmpty()
+        && branch == null
         && status == null
         && subject == null
         && submissionId == null
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/CommentsTest.java b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/CommentsTest.java
index 052b126ec0..699dc6e0e1 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/CommentsTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/CommentsTest.java
@@ -319,8 +319,12 @@ public class CommentsTest extends GerritServerTests {
         repoManager, migration, c, allUsers, changeOwner);
   }
 
-  private Change newChange() {
-    return TestChanges.newChange(project, changeOwner.getAccountId());
+  private Change newChange() throws Exception {
+    Change c = TestChanges.newChange(project, changeOwner.getAccountId());
+    ChangeUpdate u = newUpdate(c, changeOwner);
+    u.setBranch(c.getDest().get());
+    u.commit();
+    return c;
   }
 
   private ChangeUpdate newUpdate(Change c, final IdentifiedUser user) throws Exception {
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/AbstractChangeNotesTest.java b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/AbstractChangeNotesTest.java
index 857f13a5dd..0d19ba9b7e 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/AbstractChangeNotesTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/AbstractChangeNotesTest.java
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ public class AbstractChangeNotesTest extends GerritBaseTests {
   protected Change newChange()
       throws IOException, OrmException, ConfigInvalidException {
     Change c = TestChanges.newChange(project, changeOwner.getAccountId());
-    newUpdate(c, changeOwner).commit();
+    ChangeUpdate u = newUpdate(c, changeOwner);
+    u.setBranch(c.getDest().get());
+    u.commit();
     return c;
   }
 
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesParserTest.java b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesParserTest.java
index 14e38f14a0..1dce91c695 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesParserTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesParserTest.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
   public void parseAuthor() throws Exception {
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n");
     assertParseFails(writeCommit("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
@@ -67,10 +68,12 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
   public void parseStatus() throws Exception {
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
         + "Status: NEW\n");
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
         + "Status: new\n");
     assertParseFails("Update change\n"
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
   public void parsePatchSetId() throws Exception {
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n");
     assertParseFails("Update change\n"
         + "\n");
@@ -97,6 +101,7 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n");
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n");
     assertParseFails("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
   public void parseApproval() throws Exception {
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
         + "Label: Label1=+1\n"
         + "Label: Label2=1\n"
@@ -114,6 +120,7 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
         + "Label: Label4=-1\n");
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
         + "Label: -Label1\n"
         + "Label: -Label1 Other Account <2@gerrit>\n");
@@ -147,6 +154,7 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
   public void parseSubmitRecords() throws Exception {
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
         + "Submitted-with: NOT_READY\n"
         + "Submitted-with: OK: Verified: Change Owner <1@gerrit>\n"
@@ -176,6 +184,7 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
   public void parseSubmissionId() throws Exception {
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
         + "Submission-id: 1-1453387607626-96fabc25");
     assertParseFails("Update change\n"
@@ -189,6 +198,7 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
   public void parseReviewer() throws Exception {
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
         + "Reviewer: Change Owner <1@gerrit>\n"
         + "CC: Other Account <2@gerrit>\n");
@@ -202,10 +212,12 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
   public void parseTopic() throws Exception {
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
         + "Topic: Some Topic");
     assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
         + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
         + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
         + "Topic:");
     assertParseFails("Update change\n"
@@ -215,6 +227,23 @@ public class ChangeNotesParserTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
         + "Topic: Other Topic");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void parseBranch() throws Exception {
+    assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
+        + "\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
+        + "Patch-Set: 1");
+    assertParseSucceeds("Update change\n"
+        + "\n"
+        + "Branch: master\n"
+        + "Patch-Set: 1");
+    assertParseFails("Update change\n"
+        + "\n"
+        + "Patch-Set: 1\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/master\n"
+        + "Branch: refs/heads/stable");
+  }
+
   private RevCommit writeCommit(String body) throws Exception {
     return writeCommit(body, ChangeNoteUtil.newIdent(
         changeOwner.getAccount(), TimeUtil.nowTs(), serverIdent,
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesTest.java b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesTest.java
index 34cc2ee729..20d55bd7e2 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesTest.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/server/notedb/ChangeNotesTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.TimeUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.SubmitRecord;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Account;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Branch;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Change;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.ChangeMessage;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.CommentRange;
@@ -486,6 +487,30 @@ public class ChangeNotesTest extends AbstractChangeNotesTest {
     assertThat(notes.getChange().getTopic()).isNull();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void branchChangeNotes() throws Exception {
+    Change c = newChange();
+
+    ChangeNotes notes = newNotes(c);
+    Branch.NameKey expectedBranch =
+        new Branch.NameKey(project, "refs/heads/master");
+    assertThat(notes.getChange().getDest()).isEqualTo(expectedBranch);
+
+    // An update doesn't affect the branch
+    ChangeUpdate update = newUpdate(c, changeOwner);
+    update.setTopic("topic"); // Change something to get a new commit.
+    update.commit();
+    assertThat(newNotes(c).getChange().getDest()).isEqualTo(expectedBranch);
+
+    // Set another branch
+    String otherBranch = "refs/heads/stable";
+    update = newUpdate(c, changeOwner);
+    update.setBranch(otherBranch);
+    update.commit();
+    assertThat(newNotes(c).getChange().getDest()).isEqualTo(
+        new Branch.NameKey(project, otherBranch));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void ownerChangeNotes() throws Exception {
     Change c = newChange();