Re: [OT] How to get the discussion details via notes
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:10:24AM -0400, Jeff King wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:53:27AM +0100, Peter Baumann wrote: covers the basics (current behavior and intent of the change) in its first two paragraphs and anyone wanting more detail can use GIT_NOTES_REF=refs/remotes/charon/notes/full \ git show --show-notes commit to find more details. I seem to miss something here, but I don't get it how the notes ref becomes magically filled with the details of this discussion. Thomas Rast (aka charon) keeps a mapping of commits to the email threads that led to them. You can fetch it from: git://repo.or.cz/git/trast.git (try the notes/full and notes/terse refs). Nice! I didn't know about that. -Peter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
[OT] How to get the discussion details via notes
Dropping the Cc list, as this is off topic On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:05:29PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Sverre Rabbelier wrote: Thanks for the thorough explanation. Perhaps some of that could make it's way into the commit message? It's fine with me if it doesn't, since the original commit message covers the basics (current behavior and intent of the change) in its first two paragraphs and anyone wanting more detail can use GIT_NOTES_REF=refs/remotes/charon/notes/full \ git show --show-notes commit to find more details. I seem to miss something here, but I don't get it how the notes ref becomes magically filled with the details of this discussion. Care to explain? -Peter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [OT] How to get the discussion details via notes
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 5:53 AM, Peter Baumann waste.mana...@gmx.de wrote: Dropping the Cc list, as this is off topic On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:05:29PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Sverre Rabbelier wrote: Thanks for the thorough explanation. Perhaps some of that could make it's way into the commit message? It's fine with me if it doesn't, since the original commit message covers the basics (current behavior and intent of the change) in its first two paragraphs and anyone wanting more detail can use GIT_NOTES_REF=refs/remotes/charon/notes/full \ git show --show-notes commit to find more details. I seem to miss something here, but I don't get it how the notes ref becomes magically filled with the details of this discussion. Care to explain? If I have an email thread I'd like to store alongside a commit I'll put that into a note, but I usually don't push that kind of thing out to a remote repo. Does that help? -- -Drew Northup -- As opposed to vegetable or mineral error? -John Pescatore, SANS NewsBites Vol. 12 Num. 59 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: [OT] How to get the discussion details via notes
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:53:27AM +0100, Peter Baumann wrote: covers the basics (current behavior and intent of the change) in its first two paragraphs and anyone wanting more detail can use GIT_NOTES_REF=refs/remotes/charon/notes/full \ git show --show-notes commit to find more details. I seem to miss something here, but I don't get it how the notes ref becomes magically filled with the details of this discussion. Thomas Rast (aka charon) keeps a mapping of commits to the email threads that led to them. You can fetch it from: git://repo.or.cz/git/trast.git (try the notes/full and notes/terse refs). -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe git in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
