--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
+
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::
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`, `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