Re: Deriving release notes from git commit messages

On Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 03:45:03PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > There are git notes which you can attach to a commit after the fact... I like
> > the fact that they would keep the information in the repository (where they
> > seem to belong).
>
> Yeah, but I think it's still basically append-only, which is kind of a
> nuisance, and it means they can only be updated by committers, which
> is not particularly helpful from my point of view.

The documentation says:

"This command allows you to add/remove notes to/from objects, without
changing the objects themselves."

So it doesn't appear append only. I think the idea is that every object
can have one note. How that works with versioning I have no idea.

Have a nice day,
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