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Merge branch 'mg/maint-notes-C-doc' 

* mg/maint-notes-C-doc:
  git-notes.txt: clarify -C vs. copy and -F
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Junio C Hamano 2011-09-02 13:17:40 -07:00
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@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ OPTIONS


-C <object>:: -C <object>::
--reuse-message=<object>:: --reuse-message=<object>::
Take the note message from the given blob object (for Take the given blob object (for example, another note) as the
example, another note). note message. (Use `git notes copy <object>` instead to
copy notes between objects.)


-c <object>:: -c <object>::
--reedit-message=<object>:: --reedit-message=<object>::
@ -285,6 +286,8 @@ $ blob=$(git hash-object -w a.out)
$ git notes --ref=built add -C "$blob" HEAD $ git notes --ref=built add -C "$blob" HEAD
------------ ------------


(You cannot simply use `git notes --ref=built add -F a.out HEAD`
because that is not binary-safe.)
Of course, it doesn't make much sense to display non-text-format notes 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 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. some special-purpose tools to do something useful with them.