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Git notes cheat sheet

#Git notes

Warning : Support for isplay of git notes has been dropped by github : https://github.com/blog/707-git-notes-display

Resource : https://vimeo.com/34273537

##Add

git notes add
git notes add -m "my note"

##Namespacing

Default namespace is commits

Use git notes --ref COMMAND

Examples:

git notes --ref jenkins add "build pass"
git notes --ref jenkins show HEAD
git log --show-notes=jenkins
git log --show-notes="*"

--show-notes="*" : Quotes are necessary so that * will be passed to git, not evalueted by the command line

##Push

Like tags, notes aren't pushed by default.

git push origin refs/notes/commits
git push origin "refs/notes/*"

##Fetch

Notes aren't fetched by default.

git fetch origin refs/notes/commits:refs/notes/commits
git fetch origin "refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*"

To fetch notes by default : vi .git/config

#edit this part

[remote "origin"]
  fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

#to become

[remote "origin"]
  fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
  fetch = +refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*
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