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Git Notes: git's coolest, most unloved­ feature - Tyler Cipriani

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the short of it is: they’re cool for appending notes from automated systems (like ticket or build systems) but not really for having interactive conversations with other developers (at least not yet) – Scott Chacon, GitHub.blog, Aug. 2010 Git notes are almost a secret. They’re buried by their own distressing usability. But git notes are continually rediscovered by engineers trying to stash metadata inside git. Git notes are powerful tools. And they could solve so many problems—if only they were better known and easier to use. A common use of git notes is tacking metadata onto commits. Once a commit cements itself in git’s history—that’s it. It’s impossible to amend a commit message buried deep in a repo’s log1. But git notes enable you to amend new information about old commits in a special namespace. And they’re capable of so much more. Notes stow metadata about anything tracked by git—any object: commits, blobs, and trees. All without futzing with the object itself. You add notes to

← Home temperature monitoring on the cheap | posts | A tech lead guide to manager powers 🧙 → the short of it is: they’re cool for appending notes from automated systems (like ticket or build systems) but not really for having interactive conversations with other developers (at least not yet) – Scott Chacon, GitHub.blog , Aug. 2010 Git notes are almost a secret. They’re buried by their own distressing usability. But git notes are continually rediscovered by engineers trying to stash metadata inside git. Sun, 30 Oct 2022 11:05 @simonw Git notes are powerful tools. And they could solve so many p

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