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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-10-14 14:30:15 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-10-14 14:30:15 -0700
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Merge branch 'jk/notes-dwim-doc'
The way how --ref/--notes to specify the notes tree reference are DWIMmed was not clearly documented. * jk/notes-dwim-doc: notes: correct documentation of DWIMery for notes references
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@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ OPTIONS
--ref <ref>::
Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>. This overrides
'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration. The ref
- is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified.
+ specifies the full refname when it begins with `refs/notes/`; when it
+ begins with `notes/`, `refs/` and otherwise `refs/notes/` is prefixed
+ to form a full name of the ref.
--ignore-missing::
Do not consider it an error to request removing notes from an