in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the
command to re-code the commit log message in the encoding
preferred by the user. For non plumbing commands this
- defaults to UTF-8.
+ defaults to UTF-8. Note that if an object claims to be encoded
+ in `X` and we are outputting in `X`, we will output the object
+ verbatim; this means that invalid sequences in the original
+ commit may be copied to the output.
---notes[=<ref>]::
+ifndef::git-rev-list[]
+--notes[=<treeish>]::
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
'core.notesRef' and 'notes.displayRef' variables (or corresponding
environment overrides). See linkgit:git-config[1] for more details.
+
-With an optional '<ref>' argument, show this notes ref instead of the
-default notes ref(s). The ref is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it
-is not qualified.
+With an optional '<treeish>' argument, use the treeish to find the notes
+to display. The treeish can specify 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.
+
Multiple --notes options can be combined to control which notes are
being displayed. Examples: "--notes=foo" will show only notes from
"--notes --notes=foo --no-notes --notes=bar" will only show notes
from "refs/notes/bar".
---show-notes[=<ref>]::
+--show-notes[=<treeish>]::
--[no-]standard-notes::
These options are deprecated. Use the above --notes/--no-notes
options instead.
+endif::git-rev-list[]
--show-signature::
Check the validity of a signed commit object by passing the signature