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diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index 6a187f2..e8319ea 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ OPTIONS -C <object>:: --reuse-message=<object>:: - Take the note message from the given blob object (for - example, another note). + Take the given blob object (for example, another note) as the + note message. (Use `git notes copy <object>` instead to + copy notes between objects.) -c <object>:: --reedit-message=<object>:: @@ -285,6 +286,8 @@ $ blob=$(git hash-object -w a.out) $ git notes --ref=built add -C "$blob" HEAD ------------ +(You cannot simply use `git notes --ref=built add -F a.out HEAD` +because that is not binary-safe.) Of course, it doesn't make much sense to display non-text-format notes with 'git log', so if you use such notes, you'll probably need to write some special-purpose tools to do something useful with them. |