message, after an unindented line saying "Notes (<refname>):" (or
"Notes:" for `refs/notes/commits`).
-To change which notes are shown by 'git-log', see the
-"notes.displayRef" configuration.
+To change which notes are shown by 'git log', see the
+"notes.displayRef" configuration in linkgit:git-log[1].
See the description of "notes.rewrite.<command>" in
linkgit:git-config[1] for a way of carrying your notes across commands
command line.
notes.displayRef::
- The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
- showing commit messages. The value of this variable can be set
- to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
- shown. You may also specify this configuration variable
- several times. A warning will be issued for refs that do not
- exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
- ignored.
-+
-This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
-environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
-globs.
-+
-The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
-GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
-displayed.
+ Which ref (or refs, if a glob or specified more than once), in
+ addition to the default set by `core.notesRef` or
+ 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
+ messages with the 'git log' family of commands.
+ This setting can be overridden on the command line or by the
+ 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable.
+ See linkgit:git-log[1].
notes.rewrite.<command>::
When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
Which ref to manipulate notes from, instead of `refs/notes/commits`.
This overrides the `core.notesRef` setting.
+'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF'::
+ Colon-delimited list of refs or globs indicating which refs,
+ in addition to the default from `core.notesRef` or
+ 'GIT_NOTES_REF', to read notes from when showing commit
+ messages.
+ This overrides the `notes.displayRef` setting.
++
+A warning will be issued for refs that do not exist, but a glob that
+does not match any refs is silently ignored.
+
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