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Re: Does anyone use git-notes?

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Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>
Date
Aug 25, 2010, 18:40 UTC
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  ----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Chacon
Date: 8/25/2010 12:15 PM
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> I would like to write a post on how to use them, but I'm a bit
> confused as to how people actually use them on a day to day basis.  I
> appears to me in trying to work out a flow for them that the lack of
> an ability to merge them makes them very difficult to use for anything
> practical.  Can someone share with me how they use them and what the
> cycle is?

I do. I use them to automatically store a matching Perforce revision number for a given Git commit. Only the server assigns them due to the merging issues. I also change the ref, so they read as p4notes.

It irks me, though, that they show in the gitk --all view.  ARGH!
Josh
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  1. Scott ChaconAug 25, 2010
  2. Joshua JensenAug 25, 2010
  3. Thomas RastAug 25, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 25, 2010
  6. Tor ArntsenAug 26, 2010
  7. Michael J GruberAug 26, 2010
  8. Will PalmerAug 26, 2010
  9. Jon SeymourAug 26, 2010

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