Re: Bugreport

["Marcel Svitalský" <marcel.svitalsky@gmail.com>]

On 12/08/2026 15:14, D. Ben Knoble wrote:
> [please don't top-post]
>
>
>> On 12/08/2026 14:54, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
>>> I have only skimmed this.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2026, at 14:31, Marcel Svitalský wrote:
>>>> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
>>>> I called `git lg` command to display git graph log in my terminal. The
>>>> command is defined in my
>>>> general gitconfig file as follows:
>>>>
>>>> # double liner with hash, time, branches and tags on first line and the
>>>> message on second
>>>> lg = "!f() { num=15; if [ \"$1\" != \"\" ] && ( echo \"$1\" | grep -q
>>>> \"^[0-9]\\\\+\\$\" ) ; then num=\"$1\" ; shift ; fi ; [ $num -eq 0 ] &&
>>>> num=999999999 ; git \"$@\" log -n \"$num\" --graph --abbrev-commit
>>>> --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold
>>>> cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold
>>>> yellow)%d%C(reset)%n'' %C(white)%s%C(reset)' --all; }; f"
>>> Note the `--all`.
>>>
>>>> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
>>>> I expected to see git graph log with the project commits.
>>>>
>>>> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
>>>> On top of the project commits were added these four pseudo-commits made
>>>> by some Git component(s).
>>>>
>>>> * f7b611ce - Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:26:03 +0200 (5 hours ago)
>>>> |  Notes added by 'git notes append' - rewrite-analytics
>>>> * 1a7605bb - Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:26:03 +0200 (5 hours ago)
>>>> |  Notes added by 'git notes append' - rewrite-analytics
>>>> * c2a05d79 - Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:25:03 +0200 (5 hours ago)
>>>> |  Notes added by 'git notes append' - rewrite-analytics
>>>>     \
>>>>      * 01c630e0 - Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:13:00 +0200 (5 hours ago)
>>>>         chatter: initialize notes ref - chatter
>>>>
>>>> They are not graphically connected with the actual commits, they just
>>>> sit there over them. No other graphical
>>>> tool (Sublime Merge, IntelliJ Idea) displays them.
>>> They are Git notes. They form their own connected graph. That’s why they
>>> are not connected with the “actual commits” like from some branch.
>>>
>>> The `--all` will include all refs, including Git notes like
>>> `refs/notes/commits`.
>>>
>>> This doesn’t look like a bug.
>>>
>>>> [snip]
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM Marcel Svitalský
> <marcel.svitalsky@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I see, thank you. Is this a new feature? I've been using this command
>> for years
>> and today is the first time I am seeing this.
> Notes are not new. Perhaps a tool you use started creating them?

I suspect lazygit. Or Idea, I don't know and won't investigate any further.

>> Also, is there another
>> flag instead of
>> `--all` that would just include the actual commits only?
> You could limit the refs to be listed, like maybe "--branches --tags
> --remotes", or "--exclude='refs/notes/*' --all" ? (I'm omitting
> treatment of refs/stash, too, for now.)

Works fine, thank you very much (and yes, I now realize I could and 
should have
looked at the man page to begin with).

I suppose this can be closed now (I do not know the procedures here). 
Thanks again!

MS