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Re: Problem: git Notes not discoverable (+proposed solutions)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 4, 2024, 14:54 UTC
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Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de> writes:
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> On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 02:34:02PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> The notes could be also used to annotate existing upstream history
> without altering it.
>
> However, the problems with notes worflows make it impractical.

Indeed. As a mechanism for the only publisher to publish auxiliary pieces of information to cloners, notes is a very useful mechanism, but for such a use case to be effective, the project participants must understand when they are supposed to use the notes read-only.

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  6. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2024
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