core.notesRef::
When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
- the given ref. This ref is expected to contain paths of the form
- ??/*, where the directory name consists of the first two
- characters of the commit name, and the base name consists of
- the remaining 38 characters.
+ the given ref. This ref is expected to contain files named
+ after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.
+
-If such a path exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
+If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line. If the
given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
-notes should be print.
+notes should be printed.
+
This setting defaults to "refs/notes/commits", and can be overridden by
the `GIT_NOTES_REF` environment variable.