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diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index 14f73b988e..7abd0fbd23 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ A typical use of notes is to extend a commit message without having to change the commit itself. Such commit notes can be shown by `git log` along with the original commit message. To discern these notes from the message stored in the commit object, the notes are indented like the -message, after an unindented line saying "Notes:". +message, after an unindented line saying "Notes (<refname>):" (or +"Notes:" for the default setting). -To disable notes, you have to set the config variable core.notesRef to -the empty string. Alternatively, you can set it to a different ref, -something like "refs/notes/bugzilla". This setting can be overridden -by the environment variable "GIT_NOTES_REF". +This command always manipulates the notes specified in "core.notesRef" +(see linkgit:git-config[1]), which can be overridden by GIT_NOTES_REF. +To change which notes are shown by 'git-log', see the +"notes.displayRef" configuration. SUBCOMMANDS |