* How does 'git notes --ref' work?
@ 2011-01-14 10:21 Edwin Kempin
2011-01-14 10:49 ` Johan Herland
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From: Edwin Kempin @ 2011-01-14 10:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
How does 'git notes --ref' work? If I try
'git notes --ref refs/meta/reject-commits add -m "reject" HEAD'
then the note is added to 'refs/notes/refs/meta/reject-commits' and not as
expected to 'refs/meta/reject-commits'.
The description of the --ref option says [1]:
"The ref is taken to be in refs/notes/ if it is not qualified."
What is a qualified ref?
Thanks, Edwin
[1] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-notes.html
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* Re: How does 'git notes --ref' work?
2011-01-14 10:21 How does 'git notes --ref' work? Edwin Kempin
@ 2011-01-14 10:49 ` Johan Herland
2011-01-14 11:14 ` Edwin Kempin
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From: Johan Herland @ 2011-01-14 10:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Edwin Kempin; +Cc: git
On Friday 14 January 2011, Edwin Kempin wrote:
> How does 'git notes --ref' work? If I try
> 'git notes --ref refs/meta/reject-commits add -m "reject" HEAD'
> then the note is added to 'refs/notes/refs/meta/reject-commits' and
> not as expected to 'refs/meta/reject-commits'.
>
> The description of the --ref option says [1]:
> "The ref is taken to be in refs/notes/ if it is not qualified."
> What is a qualified ref?
A qualified ref (in this context) is one that starts with refs/notes. If
it doesn't start with refs/notes, then refs/notes is prepended to it.
This is a restriction we put in place to make sure the notes
infrastructure didn't edit (i.e. damage) any refs outside the
refs/notes/ namespace.
We will probably remove this restriction in a future Git version. Until
then, please keep your notes within the refs/notes/ namespace.
...Johan
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Johan Herland, <johan@herland.net>
www.herland.net
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