Re: [RFC PATCH] notes: add prepend command
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Bence Ferdinandy <bence@ferdinandy.com>
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- Oct 23, 2024, 20:32 UTC
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On Wed Oct 23, 2024 at 22:20, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 10:14:24PM +0200, Bence Ferdinandy wrote: >> When a note is detailing commit history, it makes sense to keep the >> latest change on top, but unlike adding things at the bottom with >> "git notes append" this can only be done manually. Add a >> >> git notes prepend >> >> command, which works exactly like the append command, except that it >> inserts the text before the current contents of the note instead of >> after. > > Hmmm. I am not sure that I see the widespread need for such a tool. If > this is specific to your use-case, I think a custom script and > `$GIT_EDITOR` would do the trick.
Couldn't the same argument be made for append? Imho, it's a missing symmetry. Ofc it's probably not quite hard to script around this.