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diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index de63ef0745..6a187f2e23 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git notes' append [-F <file> | -m <msg> | (-c | -C) <object>] [<object>] 'git notes' edit [<object>] 'git notes' show [<object>] -'git notes' remove [<object>] -'git notes' prune +'git notes' merge [-v | -q] [-s <strategy> ] <notes_ref> +'git notes' merge --commit [-v | -q] +'git notes' merge --abort [-v | -q] +'git notes' remove [--ignore-missing] [--stdin] [<object>...] +'git notes' prune [-n | -v] +'git notes' get-ref DESCRIPTION @@ -53,8 +57,11 @@ list:: add:: Add notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). Abort if the - object already has notes (use `-f` to overwrite an - existing note). + object already has notes (use `-f` to overwrite existing notes). + However, if you're using `add` interactively (using an editor + to supply the notes contents), then - instead of aborting - + the existing notes will be opened in the editor (like the `edit` + subcommand). copy:: Copy the notes for the first object onto the second object. @@ -83,14 +90,34 @@ edit:: show:: Show the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). +merge:: + Merge the given notes ref into the current notes ref. + This will try to merge the changes made by the given + notes ref (called "remote") since the merge-base (if + any) into the current notes ref (called "local"). ++ +If conflicts arise and a strategy for automatically resolving +conflicting notes (see the -s/--strategy option) is not given, +the "manual" resolver is used. This resolver checks out the +conflicting notes in a special worktree (`.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE`), +and instructs the user to manually resolve the conflicts there. +When done, the user can either finalize the merge with +'git notes merge --commit', or abort the merge with +'git notes merge --abort'. + remove:: - Remove the notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). - This is equivalent to specifying an empty note message to + Remove the notes for given objects (defaults to HEAD). When + giving zero or one object from the command line, this is + equivalent to specifying an empty note message to the `edit` subcommand. prune:: Remove all notes for non-existing/unreachable objects. +get-ref:: + Print the current notes ref. This provides an easy way to + retrieve the current notes ref (e.g. from scripts). + OPTIONS ------- -f:: @@ -128,6 +155,52 @@ OPTIONS 'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified. +--ignore-missing:: + Do not consider it an error to request removing notes from an + object that does not have notes attached to it. + +--stdin:: + Also read the object names to remove notes from from the standard + input (there is no reason you cannot combine this with object + names from the command line). + +-n:: +--dry-run:: + Do not remove anything; just report the object names whose notes + would be removed. + +-s <strategy>:: +--strategy=<strategy>:: + When merging notes, resolve notes conflicts using the given + strategy. The following strategies are recognized: "manual" + (default), "ours", "theirs", "union" and "cat_sort_uniq". + See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES" section below for more + information on each notes merge strategy. + +--commit:: + Finalize an in-progress 'git notes merge'. Use this option + when you have resolved the conflicts that 'git notes merge' + stored in .git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE. This amends the partial + merge commit created by 'git notes merge' (stored in + .git/NOTES_MERGE_PARTIAL) by adding the notes in + .git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE. The notes ref stored in the + .git/NOTES_MERGE_REF symref is updated to the resulting commit. + +--abort:: + Abort/reset a in-progress 'git notes merge', i.e. a notes merge + with conflicts. This simply removes all files related to the + notes merge. + +-q:: +--quiet:: + When merging notes, operate quietly. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + When merging notes, be more verbose. + When pruning notes, report all object names whose notes are + removed. + DISCUSSION ---------- @@ -154,6 +227,38 @@ object, in which case the history of the notes can be read with `git log -p -g <refname>`. +NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES +---------------------- + +The default notes merge strategy is "manual", which checks out +conflicting notes in a special work tree for resolving notes conflicts +(`.git/NOTES_MERGE_WORKTREE`), and instructs the user to resolve the +conflicts in that work tree. +When done, the user can either finalize the merge with +'git notes merge --commit', or abort the merge with +'git notes merge --abort'. + +"ours" automatically resolves conflicting notes in favor of the local +version (i.e. the current notes ref). + +"theirs" automatically resolves notes conflicts in favor of the remote +version (i.e. the given notes ref being merged into the current notes +ref). + +"union" automatically resolves notes conflicts by concatenating the +local and remote versions. + +"cat_sort_uniq" is similar to "union", but in addition to concatenating +the local and remote versions, this strategy also sorts the resulting +lines, and removes duplicate lines from the result. This is equivalent +to applying the "cat | sort | uniq" shell pipeline to the local and +remote versions. This strategy is useful if the notes follow a line-based +format where one wants to avoid duplicated lines in the merge result. +Note that if either the local or remote version contain duplicate lines +prior to the merge, these will also be removed by this notes merge +strategy. + + EXAMPLES -------- |