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Re: [PATCH 0/6] Bring "format-patch --notes" closer to a real feature

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
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Oct 18, 2012, 12:24 UTC
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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy venit, vidit, dixit 18.10.2012 13:06:
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> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> This replaces the earlier "wip" with a real thing.
>>
>> We never advertised the "--notes" option to format-patch (or
>> anything related to the pretty format options for that matter)
>> because the behaviour of these options was whatever they happened to
>> do, not what they were designed to do.
> 
> Stupid question: does "git am" recreate notes from "format-patch
> --notes" output? If it does not, should it? I think it could be a nice
> way of copying notes from one machine to another, but not enabled by
> default (iow "am --notes").
>

Not yet, but you can already start basing your am patches on top of Junio's series ;)

am should allow a notes ref (--notes=hereyougo) like other similar instances.

Michael
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Message 18 of 19 in “Bring "format-patch --notes" closer to a real feature”
  1. 0/6 Bring "format-patch --notes" closer to a real featureJunio C Hamano, Oct 18, 2012
  2. 1/6 pretty: remove reencode_commit_message()Junio C Hamano, Oct 18, 2012
  3. 2/6 format_note(): simplify APIJunio C Hamano, Oct 18, 2012
  4. 3/6 pretty: prepare notes message at a centralized placeJunio C Hamano, Oct 18, 2012
  5. Jeff KingOct 18, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2012
  7. Jeff KingOct 18, 2012
  8. strbuf: always return a non-NULL value from strbuf_detachJeff King, Oct 18, 2012
  9. 4/6 pretty_print_commit(): do not append notes messageJunio C Hamano, Oct 18, 2012
  10. 5/6 format-patch: append --signature after notesJunio C Hamano, Oct 18, 2012
  11. 6/6 format-patch --notes: show notes after three-dashesJunio C Hamano, Oct 18, 2012
  12. Philip OakleyOct 18, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2012
  15. Philip OakleyOct 21, 2012
  16. Jeff KingOct 18, 2012
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 18, 2012
  18. Michael J GruberOct 18, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2012

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