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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git notes primer?
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:10:36 -0500
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Hi Thomas,

Thomas Koch wrote:

> Before I continue with my current design, I wanted to have a look at =
git=20
> notes, whether it would provide better mechanisms then tracking my me=
ta=20
> informations in a hidden background branch. (Much like pristine-tar d=
oes.)

=E2=80=9Cgit notes=E2=80=9D associates arbitrary data to specific objec=
ts (blobs, trees,
commits, annotated tags).  If your metainformation is per-branch rather
than per-commit, then notes will probably not help you.

=46eel free to be inspired by their design, though. :)

Regards,
Jonathan