From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:02:14 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 08/12] Teach the notes lookup code to parse notes trees with various fanout schemes Message-ID: <7v4orsbpzd.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Sverre Rabbelier writes: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 18:43, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Did you mean "a commit in branch bar referred to a commit in branch foo", >> similar to the way the "cherry-picked from X" comment can refer to a >> missing commit? > > Yes, sorry, I meant referred to in the commit message. In such a case would you rather want to see the commit itself first, or at least, commit _and_ notes _together_? I admit that this all depends on what application the notes are used for, but I am suffering from lack of imagination to come up with a plausible scenario in which you would want to look at the notes to that missing commit first, without getting the commit itself.