Merge branch 'tr/notes-display'

* tr/notes-display:
  git-notes(1): add a section about the meaning of history
  notes: track whether notes_trees were changed at all
  notes: add shorthand --ref to override GIT_NOTES_REF
  commit --amend: copy notes to the new commit
  rebase: support automatic notes copying
  notes: implement helpers needed for note copying during rewrite
  notes: implement 'git notes copy --stdin'
  rebase -i: invoke post-rewrite hook
  rebase: invoke post-rewrite hook
  commit --amend: invoke post-rewrite hook
  Documentation: document post-rewrite hook
  Support showing notes from more than one notes tree
  test-lib: unset GIT_NOTES_REF to stop it from influencing tests

Conflicts:
	git-am.sh
	refs.c

1 files changed, 51 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 1dbded0fdc..06b2f827b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -519,10 +519,12 @@ check that makes sure that existing object files will not get overwritten.
 core.notesRef::
 	When showing commit messages, also show notes which are stored in
 	the given ref.  This ref is expected to contain files named
-	after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.
+	after the full SHA-1 of the commit they annotate.  The ref
+	must be fully qualified.
 +
 If such a file exists in the given ref, the referenced blob is read, and
-appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes:" line.  If the
+appended to the commit message, separated by a "Notes (<refname>):"
+line (shortened to "Notes:" in the case of "refs/notes/commits").  If the
 given ref itself does not exist, it is not an error, but means that no
 notes should be printed.
 +
@@ -1334,6 +1336,53 @@ mergetool.keepTemporaries::
 mergetool.prompt::
 	Prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution program.
 
+notes.displayRef::
+	The (fully qualified) refname from which to show notes when
+	showing commit messages.  The value of this variable can be set
+	to a glob, in which case notes from all matching refs will be
+	shown.  You may also specify this configuration variable
+	several times.  A warning will be issued for refs that do not
+	exist, but a glob that does not match any refs is silently
+	ignored.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
++
+The effective value of "core.notesRef" (possibly overridden by
+GIT_NOTES_REF) is also implicitly added to the list of refs to be
+displayed.
+
+notes.rewrite.<command>::
+	When rewriting commits with <command> (currently `amend` or
+	`rebase`) and this variable is set to `true`, git
+	automatically copies your notes from the original to the
+	rewritten commit.  Defaults to `true`, but see
+	"notes.rewriteRef" below.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_REF`
+environment variable, which must be a colon separated list of refs or
+globs.
+
+notes.rewriteMode::
+	When copying notes during a rewrite (see the
+	"notes.rewrite.<command>" option), determines what to do if
+	the target commit already has a note.  Must be one of
+	`overwrite`, `concatenate`, or `ignore`.  Defaults to
+	`concatenate`.
++
+This setting can be overridden with the `GIT_NOTES_REWRITE_MODE`
+environment variable.
+
+notes.rewriteRef::
+	When copying notes during a rewrite, specifies the (fully
+	qualified) ref whose notes should be copied.  The ref may be a
+	glob, in which case notes in all matching refs will be copied.
+	You may also specify this configuration several times.
++
+Does not have a default value; you must configure this variable to
+enable note rewriting.
+
 pack.window::
 	The size of the window used by linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] when no
 	window size is given on the command line. Defaults to 10.