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Started experimenting with "git notes" against a new repo on GitHub to see if they might offer a neat way to archive issue threads in the repository itself As far as I can tell the

web UI doesn't have any mechanism for displaying them?

Try adding git notes to some commits · Issue #1 · simonw/playing-with-git-notes

Do notes get shown on GitHub?

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You can push notes to a repo on GitHub using: git push origin 'refs/notes/*' And pull notes with: git fetch origin 'refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*' They'll then show up locally for you when you run "git log" Can't find a way to see them in the web interface at all though

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Well that's frustrating... it looks like GitHub supported the display of git notes in the past, but they removed that feature in 2014: github.blog/2010-08-25-git

Screenshot of the blog entry from 2010 where Scott Chacon introduced GitHub's notes display... with a pink arrow pointing to an Update from August 14 2014 announcing that notes display on GitHub is no longer supported

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A more promising route for backing up issue threads to the repo itself looks to be stashing copies of them in a dedicated branch

Try storing issues in a separate branch · Issue #2 · simonw/playing-with-git-notes

The overall goal here is to preserve information from issues and issue threads in the repo itself. Notes don't look to be the right tool: #1 So how about backing up to a branch too, kind of...

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First time seeing `git note`. What information would you add here that can't be stored in the message body?

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I'm looking for a way to backup the context from my issue threads to the repository itself, to protect against switching issue trackers

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The Perfect Commit

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They used to but apparently yanked it out years ago

Git Notes Display | The GitHub Blog

Update (August 14, 2014): Displaying Git notes on GitHub is no longer supported. I just blogged about the new git-notes functionality over at the Pro Git blog. If you’re interested in using Git notes...