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Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] doc/fast-import: clarify notemodify command

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Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
Jul 22, 2011, 19:32 UTC
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On Wednesday 13 July 2011, Dmitry Ivankov wrote:
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> The "notemodify" fast-import command was introduced in commit a8dd2e7
> (fast-import: Add support for importing commit notes, 2009-10-09)
> The commit log has slightly different description than the added
> documentation. The latter is somewhat confusing. "notemodify" is a
> subcommand of "commit" command used to add a note for some commit.
> Does this note annotate the commit produced by the "commit" command
> or a commit given by it's committish parameter? Which notes tree
> does it write notes to?
> 
> The exact meaning could be deduced with old description and some
> notes machinery knowledge. But let's make it more obvious. This
> command is used in a context like "commit refs/notes/test" to
> add or rewrite an annotation for a committish parameter. So the
> advised way to add notes in a fast-import stream is:
> 1) import some commits (optional)
> 2) prepare a "commit" to the notes tree:
> 2.1) choose notes ref, committer, log message, etc.
> 2.2) create annotations with "notemodify", where each can refer to
> a commit being annotated via a branch name, import mark reference,
> sha1 and other expressions specified in the Documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Ivankov <divanorama@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
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Message 9 of 14 in “doc/{fast-import,remote-helpers}: few clarifications”
  1. 0/3 doc/{fast-import,remote-helpers}: few clarificationsDmitry Ivankov, Jul 12, 2011
  2. 1/3 doc/fast-import: clarify notemodify commandDmitry Ivankov, Jul 12, 2011
  3. 2/3 doc/fast-import: document feature import-marks-if-existsDmitry Ivankov, Jul 12, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2011
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 13, 2011
  6. 3/3 doc/remote-helpers: document the gitdir featureDmitry Ivankov, Jul 12, 2011
  7. Sverre RabbelierJul 13, 2011
  8. 1/3 doc/fast-import: clarify notemodify commandDmitry Ivankov, Jul 13, 2011
  9. Johan HerlandJul 22, 2011
  10. 2/3 doc/fast-import: document feature import-marks-if-existsDmitry Ivankov, Jul 13, 2011
  11. 3/3 remote-helpers: export GIT_DIR variable to helpersDmitry Ivankov, Jul 13, 2011
  12. Dmitry IvankovJul 13, 2011
  13. Sverre RabbelierJul 13, 2011
  14. Dmitry IvankovJul 13, 2011

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