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Commit notes workflow

From
YDYann Dirson <dirson@bertin.fr>
Date
Jun 13, 2011, 07:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20110613090940.664b1b97@chalon.bertin.fr>

We have notes merge support since a couple of releases now, but no real example in the docs of how best to use that. That is, no suggested mapping of remote notes, let alone automatic setup of refspecs at clone time.

Trying to setup such refspecs, I find myself puzzled:
* if I store remote notes under refs/notes (eg. refs/notes/*:refs/notes/origin/* as fetch
  refspec), then a refs/notes/*:refs/notes/origin/* push refspec will include
  refs/notes/origin/*, which we obviously don't want
* if I store them outside of refs/notes (eg. refs/notes/*:refs/remote-notes/origin/* ),
  then "git notes" silently ignores them: no output nor any error message from "notes list"
  or "notes merge".

Do we really want to "git notes" to ignore everything not in refs/notes/ ? I can think of 2 possibilities out of this situation:

* remove that limitation
* decide on a naming convention for remote notes, and teach "git notes" not to ignore it

A (minor) problem with the second possibility is that this naming convention could evolve, eg. if we end up with something like was proposed in [1] for 1.8.0. Is there any real drawback with the first suggestion ?

[1] http://marc.info/?l=git&m=129661334011986&w=4
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Yann Dirson - Bertin Technologies
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Message 1 of 27 in “Commit notes workflow”
  1. Yann DirsonJun 13, 2011
  2. Johan HerlandJun 14, 2011
  3. ydirson@free.frJun 15, 2011
  4. Johan HerlandJun 15, 2011
  5. ydirson@free.frJun 15, 2011
  6. Johan HerlandJun 15, 2011
  7. 0/6 Small notes usability improvementsYann Dirson, Jun 18, 2011
  8. 1/6 Bring notes.c template handling in line with commit.c.Yann Dirson, Jun 18, 2011
  9. Johan HerlandJun 19, 2011
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2011
  11. Johan HerlandJun 20, 2011
  12. Yann DirsonJun 20, 2011
  13. Yann DirsonJun 21, 2011
  14. 2/6 Factorize shortening of notes refname for display.Yann Dirson, Jun 18, 2011
  15. Johan HerlandJun 19, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2011
  17. Yann DirsonJun 20, 2011
  18. 3/6 Include name of notes ref in template when creating/editing notes.Yann Dirson, Jun 18, 2011
  19. 4/6 Allow "git notes merge" to use refs/remote-notes/ as a source.Yann Dirson, Jun 18, 2011
  20. Johan HerlandJun 19, 2011
  21. 5/6 Assume a note ref starting with refs must not be prepended refs/notes/.Yann Dirson, Jun 18, 2011
  22. 6/6 RFC - Notes merge: die when asked to merge a non-existent ref.Yann Dirson, Jun 18, 2011
  23. Johan HerlandJun 19, 2011
  24. Jeff KingJun 20, 2011
  25. Johan HerlandJun 20, 2011
  26. Johan HerlandJun 19, 2011
  27. Johan HerlandJun 14, 2011

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