# branchDescribe

`import { branchDescribe } from "destack:runtime";`

Describe one branch.

```ds title="branchDescribe"
export declare function branchDescribe(world: WorldHandle, branchId: BranchId): Result<Branch, HostError>
```

[language/library/src/runtime/lineage.ds:173:176](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/runtime/lineage.ds#L173-L176)