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authorLibravatar Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>2012-10-21 22:34:09 +0100
committerLibravatar Jeff King <peff@peff.net>2012-10-25 06:15:56 -0400
commite39b307d09c41ff660f4ddfcecbcb08177fcd4f3 (patch)
treed9d9a1de6bab0a3ff70a652cd896c0e85dd63eb8 /Documentation
parentDoc SubmittingPatches: Mention --notes option after "cover letter" (diff)
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Doc notes: Include the format-patch --notes option
git format-patch gained a --notes option. Tell the notes user. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
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@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ message stored in the commit object, the notes are indented like the
message, after an unindented line saying "Notes (<refname>):" (or
"Notes:" for `refs/notes/commits`).
+Notes can also be added to patches prepared with `git format-patch` by
+using the `--notes` option. Such notes are added as a patch commentary
+after a three dash separator line.
+
To change which notes are shown by 'git log', see the
"notes.displayRef" configuration in linkgit:git-log[1].