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* mg/maint-notes-C-doc:
  git-notes.txt: clarify -C vs. copy and -F
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Junio C Hamano committed Sep 2, 2011
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-C <object>::
--reuse-message=<object>::
Take the note message from the given blob object (for
example, another note).
Take the given blob object (for example, another note) as the
note message. (Use `git notes copy <object>` instead to
copy notes between objects.)

-c <object>::
--reedit-message=<object>::
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$ git notes --ref=built add -C "$blob" HEAD
------------

(You cannot simply use `git notes --ref=built add -F a.out HEAD`
because that is not binary-safe.)
Of course, it doesn't make much sense to display non-text-format notes
with 'git log', so if you use such notes, you'll probably need to write
some special-purpose tools to do something useful with them.
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