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Re: [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) command

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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 31, 2011, 21:19 UTC
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Heya,
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 20:01, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, good to know.  I suppose this definitely needs a feature name,
> then (I'll send a patch to make it "feature notes").
SGTM.
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> [Aside: I suspect part of the reason "git notes" adoption is not so
> great is the lack of git notes fetch/git notes push.  Sample size
> of 1: I use notes heavily as a consumer, to dig up mailing list
> threads[1], but have put off sharing my own annotations until I can
> figure out how to make it convenient for others to use.]

That's another thing Augie mentioned that he (and I guess the hg community at large) dislikes, the fact that they're not propagated.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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Message 13 of 33 in “[RFC/PATCHv7 00/22] git notes”
  1. Johan HerlandOct 9, 2009
  2. Johan HerlandOct 9, 2009
  3. Johan HerlandOct 9, 2009
  4. 01/22 Introduce commit notesJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  5. 02/22 Add a script to edit/inspect notesJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  6. 03/22 Speed up git notes lookupJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  7. 04/22 Add an expensive test for git-notesJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  8. 05/22 Teach "-m <msg>" and "-F <file>" to "git notes edit"Johan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  9. 06/22 fast-import: Add support for importing commit notesJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  10. [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) commandJonathan Nieder, Jan 31, 2011
  11. Sverre RabbelierJan 31, 2011
  12. Jonathan NiederJan 31, 2011
  13. Sverre RabbelierJan 31, 2011
  14. Sam VilainJan 31, 2011
  15. Sverre RabbelierFeb 1, 2011
  16. 07/22 t3302-notes-index-expensive: Speed up create_repo()Johan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  17. 08/22 Add flags to get_commit_notes() to control the format of the note stringJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  18. 09/22 Add '%N'-format for pretty-printing commit notesJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  19. 10/22 Teach notes code to free its internal data structures on requestJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  20. 11/22 Teach the notes lookup code to parse notes trees with various fanout schemesJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  21. 12/22 Add selftests verifying that we can parse notes trees with various fanoutsJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  22. 13/22 Refactor notes code to concatenate multiple notes annotating the same objectJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  23. 14/22 Add selftests verifying concatenation of multiple notes for the same commitJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  24. 15/22 Notes API: get_commit_notes() -> format_note() + remove the commit restrictionJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  25. 16/22 Notes API: init_notes(): Initialize the notes tree from the given notes refJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  26. 17/22 Notes API: add_note(): Add note objects to the internal notes tree structureJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  27. 18/22 Notes API: get_note(): Return the note annotating the given objectJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  28. 19/22 Notes API: for_each_note(): Traverse the entire notes tree with a callbackJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  29. 20/22 Notes API: Allow multiple concurrent notes trees with new struct notes_treeJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  30. 21/22 Refactor notes concatenation into a flexible interface for combining notesJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  31. 22/22 fast-import: Proper notes tree manipulation using the notes APIJohan Herland, Oct 9, 2009
  32. Shawn O. PearceOct 9, 2009
  33. Johan HerlandNov 20, 2009

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