Re: [PATCH] notes: allow merging from arbitrary references

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>> I do not remember what version this was since it has been an age ago
>> that I sent the previous code. This is mostly just a rebase onto current
>> next. I believe I have covered everything previous reviewers noted.
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> Looks good to me.
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>> I'm interested in whether this is the right direction, as my longterm
>> goal is to be able to push/pull notes to a specific namespace (probably
>> refs/remote-notes/*, since actually modifying to use
>> refs/remotes/notes/* is difficult to send to users, and remote-notes
>> makes the most useful sense). The first part of this is allowing merge
>> to come from an arbitrary reference, as currently it is not really
>> possible to merge from refs/remote-notes as we'd need it to be.
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> Yes, I agree that merging from refs outside refs/notes/ should become possible.
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> A related topic that has been discussed (although I cannot remember if
> any conclusion was reached) is whether to allow more notes operations
> - specifically _read-only_ operations - on notes trees outside
> refs/notes/. I believe this should also become possible, although I
> haven't thoroughly examined all implications.
>
> ...Johan
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