defaults to UTF-8.
--no-notes::
---show-notes::
+--show-notes[=<ref>]::
Show the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) that annotate the
commit, when showing the commit log message. This is the default
for `git log`, `git show` and `git whatchanged` commands when
there is no `--pretty`, `--format` nor `--oneline` option is
given on the command line.
++
+With an optional argument, add this ref to the list of notes. The ref
+is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified.
+
+--[no-]standard-notes::
+ Enable or disable populating the notes ref list from the
+ 'core.notesRef' and 'notes.displayRef' variables (or
+ corresponding environment overrides). Enabled by default.
+ See linkgit:git-config[1].