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authorLibravatar Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>2011-09-13 09:32:42 +0200
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-09-13 08:35:38 -0700
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parentDocumentation: clarify effects of -- <path> arguments (diff)
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Documentation: basic configuration of notes.rewriteRef
Users had problems finding a working setting for notes.rewriteRef. Document how to enable rewriting for notes/commits, which should be a safe setting. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -1445,7 +1445,8 @@ notes.rewriteRef::
You may also specify this configuration several times.
+
Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
-enable note rewriting.
+enable note rewriting. Set it to `refs/notes/commits` to enable
+rewriting for the default commit notes.
+
This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or