From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:22:39 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Merge branch 'mg/notes-dry-run' X-Git-Url: http://rtime.felk.cvut.cz/gitweb/git.git/commitdiff_plain/2d4fef9b86f41ad929f533e0e52dc1a6048cc2a3?hp=-c Merge branch 'mg/notes-dry-run' * mg/notes-dry-run: notes: dry-run and verbose options for prune --- 2d4fef9b86f41ad929f533e0e52dc1a6048cc2a3 diff --combined Documentation/git-notes.txt index de63ef074,0f3279257..5540af5d1 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@@ -3,7 -3,7 +3,7 @@@ git-notes(1 NAME ---- -git-notes - Add/inspect object notes +git-notes - Add or inspect object notes SYNOPSIS -------- @@@ -15,31 -15,29 +15,31 @@@ 'git notes' edit [] 'git notes' show [] 'git notes' remove [] - 'git notes' prune + 'git notes' prune [-n | -v] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This command allows you to add/remove notes to/from objects, without -changing the objects themselves. +Adds, removes, or reads notes attached to objects, without touching +the objects themselves. -A typical use of notes is to extend a commit message without having -to change the commit itself. Such commit notes can be shown by `git log` -along with the original commit message. To discern these notes from the +By default, notes are saved to and read from `refs/notes/commits`, but +this default can be overridden. See the OPTIONS, CONFIGURATION, and +ENVIRONMENT sections below. If this ref does not exist, it will be +quietly created when it is first needed to store a note. + +A typical use of notes is to supplement a commit message without +changing the commit itself. Notes can be shown by 'git log' along with +the original commit message. To distinguish these notes from the message stored in the commit object, the notes are indented like the message, after an unindented line saying "Notes ():" (or -"Notes:" for the default setting). +"Notes:" for `refs/notes/commits`). -This command always manipulates the notes specified in "core.notesRef" -(see linkgit:git-config[1]), which can be overridden by GIT_NOTES_REF. -To change which notes are shown by 'git-log', see the -"notes.displayRef" configuration. +To change which notes are shown by 'git log', see the +"notes.displayRef" configuration in linkgit:git-log[1]. -See the description of "notes.rewrite." in -linkgit:git-config[1] for a way of carrying your notes across commands -that rewrite commits. +See the "notes.rewrite." configuration for a way to carry +notes across commands that rewrite commits. SUBCOMMANDS @@@ -103,20 -101,15 +103,20 @@@ OPTION Use the given note message (instead of prompting). If multiple `-m` options are given, their values are concatenated as separate paragraphs. + Lines starting with `#` and empty lines other than a + single line between paragraphs will be stripped out. -F :: --file=:: Take the note message from the given file. Use '-' to read the note message from the standard input. + Lines starting with `#` and empty lines other than a + single line between paragraphs will be stripped out. -C :: --reuse-message=:: - Reuse the note message from the given note object. + Take the note message from the given blob object (for + example, another note). -c :: --reedit-message=:: @@@ -124,144 -117,29 +124,151 @@@ the user can further edit the note message. --ref :: - Manipulate the notes tree in . This overrides both - GIT_NOTES_REF and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref + Manipulate the notes tree in . This overrides + 'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified. + -n:: + Do not remove anything; just report the object names whose notes + would be removed. + + -v:: + Report all object names whose notes are removed. + -NOTES ------ +DISCUSSION +---------- + +Commit notes are blobs containing extra information about an object +(usually information to supplement a commit's message). These blobs +are taken from notes refs. A notes ref is usually a branch which +contains "files" whose paths are the object names for the objects +they describe, with some directory separators included for performance +reasons footnote:[Permitted pathnames have the form +'ab'`/`'cd'`/`'ef'`/`'...'`/`'abcdef...': a sequence of directory +names of two hexadecimal digits each followed by a filename with the +rest of the object ID.]. Every notes change creates a new commit at the specified notes ref. You can therefore inspect the history of the notes by invoking, e.g., -`git log -p notes/commits`. +`git log -p notes/commits`. Currently the commit message only records +which operation triggered the update, and the commit authorship is +determined according to the usual rules (see linkgit:git-commit[1]). +These details may change in the future. + +It is also permitted for a notes ref to point directly to a tree +object, in which case the history of the notes can be read with +`git log -p -g `. + + +EXAMPLES +-------- + +You can use notes to add annotations with information that was not +available at the time a commit was written. + +------------ +$ git notes add -m 'Tested-by: Johannes Sixt ' 72a144e2 +$ git show -s 72a144e +[...] + Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano + +Notes: + Tested-by: Johannes Sixt +------------ + +In principle, a note is a regular Git blob, and any kind of +(non-)format is accepted. You can binary-safely create notes from +arbitrary files using 'git hash-object': + +------------ +$ cc *.c +$ blob=$(git hash-object -w a.out) +$ git notes --ref=built add -C "$blob" HEAD +------------ + +Of course, it doesn't make much sense to display non-text-format notes +with 'git log', so if you use such notes, you'll probably need to write +some special-purpose tools to do something useful with them. + -Currently the commit message only records which operation triggered -the update, and the commit authorship is determined according to the -usual rules (see linkgit:git-commit[1]). These details may change in -the future. +CONFIGURATION +------------- + +core.notesRef:: + Notes ref to read and manipulate instead of + `refs/notes/commits`. Must be an unabbreviated ref name. + This setting can be overridden through the environment and + command line. + +notes.displayRef:: + Which ref (or refs, if a glob or specified more than once), in + addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` or + 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit + messages with the 'git log' family of commands. + This setting can be overridden on the command line or by the + 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable. + See linkgit:git-log[1]. + +notes.rewrite.:: + When rewriting commits with (currently `amend` or + `rebase`), if this variable is `false`, git will not copy + notes from the original to the rewritten commit. Defaults to + `true`. See also "`notes.rewriteRef`" below. ++ +This setting can be overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF' +environment variable. + +notes.rewriteMode:: + When copying notes during a rewrite, what to do if the target + commit already has a note. Must be one of `overwrite`, + `concatenate`, and `ignore`. Defaults to `concatenate`. ++ +This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE` +environment variable. + +notes.rewriteRef:: + When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully + qualified) ref whose notes should be copied. May be a glob, + in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied. You + may also specify this configuration several times. ++ +Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to +enable note rewriting. ++ +Can be overridden with the 'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF' environment variable. + + +ENVIRONMENT +----------- + +'GIT_NOTES_REF':: + Which ref to manipulate notes from, instead of `refs/notes/commits`. + This overrides the `core.notesRef` setting. + +'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF':: + Colon-delimited list of refs or globs indicating which refs, + in addition to the default from `core.notesRef` or + 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit + messages. + This overrides the `notes.displayRef` setting. ++ +A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, but a glob that +does not match any refs is silently ignored. + +'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE':: + When copying notes during a rewrite, what to do if the target + commit already has a note. + Must be one of `overwrite`, `concatenate`, and `ignore`. + This overrides the `core.rewriteMode` setting. + +'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF':: + When rewriting commits, which notes to copy from the original + to the rewritten commit. Must be a colon-delimited list of + refs or globs. ++ +If not set in the environment, the list of notes to copy depends +on the `notes.rewrite.` and `notes.rewriteRef` settings. Author