diff --git a/.github/workflows/containers.yaml b/.github/workflows/containers.yaml
index 0ba0d5ba..bf91e07e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/containers.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/containers.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       tag: ${{ steps.image-tag.outputs.tag }}
       commit-msg: ${{ steps.commit-message.outputs.message }}
+      branch: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.branch }}
 
     steps:
 
@@ -115,7 +116,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           push: true # This can be toggled manually for tweaking.
           tags: |
-            ${{ env.REGISTRY}}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ needs.build-dependencies-image.outputs.tag }}
+            ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ needs.build-dependencies-image.outputs.tag }}
           file: ./Containerfile
           build-args: |
             TAG=${{ needs.build-dependencies-image.outputs.tag }}
+            GIT_COMMIT_SHA=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
+            GIT_BRANCH_NAME=${{ needs.build-dependencies-image.outputs.branch }}
diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index f627bf32..20b98455 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 ARG TAG=latest
 
 FROM cfaprdbatchcr.azurecr.io/pyrenew-hew-dependencies:${TAG}
+ARG GIT_COMMIT_SHA
+ENV GIT_COMMIT_SHA=$GIT_COMMIT_SHA
+
+ARG GIT_BRANCH_NAME
+ENV GIT_BRANCH_NAME=$GIT_BRANCH_NAME
 
 COPY ./hewr /pyrenew-hew/hewr
 
diff --git a/pipelines/forecast_state.py b/pipelines/forecast_state.py
index c5e8d445..c5c4442d 100644
--- a/pipelines/forecast_state.py
+++ b/pipelines/forecast_state.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 
 import numpyro
 import polars as pl
+import yaml
 from prep_data import process_and_save_state
+from pygit2 import Repository
 from save_eval_data import save_eval_data
 
 numpyro.set_host_device_count(4)
@@ -17,6 +19,27 @@
 from generate_predictive import generate_and_save_predictions  # noqa
 
 
+def record_git_info(model_run_dir: Path):
+    metadata_file = Path(model_run_dir, "metadata.yaml")
+    try:
+        repo = Repository(os.getcwd())
+        branch_name = os.environ.get(
+            "GIT_BRANCH_NAME", Path(repo.head.name).stem
+        )
+        commit_sha = os.environ.get("GIT_COMMIT_SHA", str(repo.head.target))
+    except:
+        branch_name = os.environ.get("GIT_BRANCH_NAME", "unknown")
+        commit_sha = os.environ.get("GIT_COMMIT_SHA", "unknown")
+
+    metadata = {
+        "branch_name": branch_name,
+        "commit_sha": commit_sha,
+    }
+
+    with open(metadata_file, "w") as file:
+        yaml.dump(metadata, file)
+
+
 def generate_epiweekly(model_run_dir: Path) -> None:
     result = subprocess.run(
         [
@@ -238,6 +261,9 @@ def main(
 
     os.makedirs(model_run_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
+    logger.info("Recording git info...")
+    record_git_info(model_run_dir)
+
     logger.info(f"Using priors from {priors_path}...")
     shutil.copyfile(priors_path, Path(model_run_dir, "priors.py"))