Re: git-replay/git-history lose notes

From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 7, 2026, 15:16 UTC
Message-ID: <CABPp-BFwbiasLBS3LDvaz736o2u0FkQJ73Tb8SQnc5rcR5Vn0A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <anWpt6rzws0yYdFH@vader>

On Fri, Aug 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM erik88 <erik88@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 06/08/26 23:53, Elijah Newren wrote:
> > git filter-repo (and implicitly fast-export/fast-import) too, though
> > that one's a slightly bigger can of worms.  (Trying to treat notes as
> > the underlying commits they are represented as is a really poor way to
> > export and import them; any filtering on the underlying commits will
> > cause the notes that attach to them to just be lost since they will
> > instead attach to the original commit.)
>
> There are some workarounds for filter-repo, IIRC they work _okay_.
>
> https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/issues/22#issuecomment-1834041470

Yes, I'm the one that added the "workaround-available" label on that ticket. :-) Just thought the lack of built-in support (which would require fast-export & fast-import changes) and questions about ringing bells meant it might be an interesting tidbit to add.