The documentation for git notes did not mention anywhere how to transfer notes between repositories, create a section that explains this topic. Signed-off-by: Øyvind A. Holm <sunny@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-notes.txt | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt index 310f0a5..4237bec 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt @@ -264,6 +264,45 @@ prior to the merge, these will also be removed by this notes merge strategy. +TRANSFERRING NOTES ACROSS REPOSITORIES +-------------------------------------- + +Notes are not transferred by default when using the standard +fetch/push commands, but has be done explicitly. To fetch all notes +from a particular remote, use + +------------ +$ git fetch origin refs/notes/*:refs/notes/* +------------ + +`git fetch` can be configured to automatically fetch notes from a +remote with this command: + +------------ +$ git config --add remote.origin.fetch +refs/notes/*:refs/notes/* +------------ + +To transfer notes to a remote repository: + +------------ +$ git push origin refs/notes/* +------------ + +If you don't want to fetch or push all notes stored under +`refs/notes/`, replace the asterisk with the specific type of notes +you want to transfer: + +------------ +$ git fetch origin refs/notes/commits:refs/notes/commits +------------ + +or + +------------ +$ git push origin refs/notes/commits +------------ + + EXAMPLES -------- -- 2.1.0.127.g0c72b98 -- 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