any) into the current notes ref (called "local").
+
If conflicts arise and a strategy for automatically resolving
-conflicting notes (see the -s/--strategy option) is not given,
+conflicting notes (see the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section) is not given,
the "manual" resolver is used. This resolver checks out the
conflicting notes in a special worktree (`.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE`),
and instructs the user to manually resolve the conflicts there.
--ref <ref>::
Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>. This overrides
- 'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref
- is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified.
+ `GIT_NOTES_REF` and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref
+ specifies the full refname when it begins with `refs/notes/`; when it
+ begins with `notes/`, `refs/` and otherwise `refs/notes/` is prefixed
+ to form a full name of the ref.
--ignore-missing::
Do not consider it an error to request removing notes from an
When merging notes, resolve notes conflicts using the given
strategy. The following strategies are recognized: "manual"
(default), "ours", "theirs", "union" and "cat_sort_uniq".
+ This option overrides the "notes.mergeStrategy" configuration setting.
See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section below for more
information on each notes merge strategy.
'git notes merge --commit', or abort the merge with
'git notes merge --abort'.
+Users may select an automated merge strategy from among the following using
+either -s/--strategy option or configuring notes.mergeStrategy accordingly:
+
"ours" automatically resolves conflicting notes in favor of the local
version (i.e. the current notes ref).
This setting can be overridden through the environment and
command line.
+notes.mergeStrategy::
+ Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
+ conflicts. Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
+ `cat_sort_uniq`. Defaults to `manual`. See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
+ section above for more information on each strategy.
++
+This setting can be overridden by passing the `--strategy` option.
+
+notes.<name>.mergeStrategy::
+ Which merge strategy to choose when doing a notes merge into
+ refs/notes/<name>. This overrides the more general
+ "notes.mergeStrategy". See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section above
+ for more information on each available strategy.
+
notes.displayRef::
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
+ `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.
+ `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF` environment variable.
See linkgit:git-log[1].
notes.rewrite.<command>::
notes from the original to the rewritten commit. Defaults to
`true`. See also "`notes.rewriteRef`" below.
+
-This setting can be overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF'
+This setting can be overridden by the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
environment variable.
notes.rewriteMode::
When copying notes during a rewrite, what to do if the target
commit already has a note. Must be one of `overwrite`,
- `concatenate`, and `ignore`. Defaults to `concatenate`.
+ `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`. Defaults to
+ `concatenate`.
+
This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
environment variable.
Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
enable note rewriting.
+
-Can be overridden with the 'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF' environment variable.
+Can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF` environment variable.
ENVIRONMENT
-----------
-'GIT_NOTES_REF'::
+`GIT_NOTES_REF`::
Which ref to manipulate notes from, instead of `refs/notes/commits`.
This overrides the `core.notesRef` setting.
-'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF'::
+`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
+ `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.
-'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE'::
+`GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`::
When copying notes during a rewrite, what to do if the target
commit already has a note.
- Must be one of `overwrite`, `concatenate`, and `ignore`.
+ Must be one of `overwrite`, `concatenate`, `cat_sort_uniq`, or `ignore`.
This overrides the `core.rewriteMode` setting.
-'GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF'::
+`GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`::
When rewriting commits, which notes to copy from the original
to the rewritten commit. Must be a colon-delimited list of
refs or globs.
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite