Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > * "log --format=%N" and "log --show-notes" > > Currently %N expands to the hardcoded "log --show-notes" default format. > We can probably keep it that way. When the user asked for a non default > notes hierarchy (i.e. other than refs/notes/commits), we may want to > adjust "Notes:" string to use "Notes-%s:" to show which hierarchy it came > from, and concatenate them together. > > For "log --show-notes" output, we also might want to move the notes to the > header part like I illustrated above in format-patch output, instead of > "start with unindented Notes: and indented body at the end". I.e. instead > of showing this: Giuseppe was wondering about multi-line thing, so the illustration should be adjusted to match the "format-patch" example to show a multi-line note, I think. Here is what I meant. Instead of showing: $ git log --notes-ref=amlog -1 4d0cc22 commit 4d0cc2243778b38c3759c6a08f4f1ed64155a070 Author: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Feb 4 11:10:44 2010 -0800 fast-import: count --max-pack-size in bytes Similar in spirit to 07cf0f2 (make --max-pack-size argument to 'git ... Notes: pulled on Fri Feb 5 07:36:12 2010 -0800 from git://git.bogomips.org/git-svn.git/ Notes-amlog: <7v4olwbyvf.fsf_-_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> which is what 1.6.6 added, showing it like this: $ git log --notes-ref=amlog -1 4d0cc22 commit 4d0cc2243778b38c3759c6a08f4f1ed64155a070 Author: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Feb 4 11:10:44 2010 -0800 Notes: pulled on Fri Feb 5 07:36:12 2010 -0800 from git://git.bogomips.org/git-svn.git/ Notes-amlog: <7v4olwbyvf.fsf_-_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> fast-import: count --max-pack-size in bytes Similar in spirit to 07cf0f2 (make --max-pack-size argument to 'git ... might be easier to see. After all, notes are metainformation on commits, and people who are interested will look at the header, and those who are not will skim over the block of text at the beginning, knowing that is where all the metainformation is. But this is just "might", not "should---I strongly believe". -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html