diff --git a/apollo.sh b/apollo.sh
index 3d5e60f84dfeaf29d0e54c936b233ccb29e004fe..6764ed4b1dfef9c43d167016a5d9a8cbd1f10043 100755
--- a/apollo.sh
+++ b/apollo.sh
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ function release() {
   # release info
   META="${APOLLO_RELEASE_DIR}/meta.ini"
   echo "git_commit: $(get_revision)" >> $META
+  echo "git_branch: $(get_branch)" >> $META
   echo "car_type: LINCOLN.MKZ" >> $META
   echo "arch: ${MACHINE_ARCH}" >> $META
 }
@@ -443,6 +444,17 @@ function get_revision() {
   echo "$REVISION"
 }
 
+function get_branch() {
+  git branch &> /dev/null
+  if [ $? = 0 ];then
+    BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+  else
+    warning "Could not get the branch name, maybe this is not a git work tree." >&2
+    BRANCH="unknown"
+  fi
+  echo "$BRANCH"
+}
+
 function build_velodyne() {
   CURRENT_PATH=$(pwd)
   if [ -d "${ROS_ROOT}" ]; then