On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 5:31 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> Documentation/git-notes.txt | 5 +++-- >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt >> index 8de3499..5375d98 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt >> @@ -234,8 +234,9 @@ which operation triggered the update, and the commit authorship is >> determined according to the usual rules (see linkgit:git-commit[1]). >> These details may change in the future. >> >> -It is also permitted for a notes ref to point directly to a tree >> -object, in which case the history of the notes can be read with >> +It is also permitted for a notes ref to point to any other object in >> +the object store besides commit objects, that is annotated tags, blobs >> +or trees. For the latter, the history of the notes can be read with >> `git log -p -g <refname>`. > > I do not think this is correct place to patch. The original is not > talking about what objects can have notes attached at all. What it > explains is this. Thanks for the explanation, I was indeed misreading this. I'll try to clarify this section then, too. In order to do so, I think we should mention how to actually create a <refname> that directly points to a tree instead of a commit for the history of notes. Would you have an example how to do that? -- Sebastian Schuberth -- 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