Re: How to add custom metadata to Git commit object

Kirill Likhodedov writes: > Just out of curiosity, is it possible to add a custom invisible header > to commit object with some Git command? > git commit or commit-tree don’t have an option for this. There isn't, and that is very much deliberate. We do not

Re: How to add custom metadata to Git commit object

Thanks a lot for your suggestions! > And "the user can use notes for other purposes" is not a good reason > to reject them. The whole point of allowing custom notes ref is so > that Kirill is not restricted to use the usual notes/commits ref to > store this custom notes in its dedicated

Re: How to add custom metadata to Git commit object

Jeff King writes: > On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 08:58:08PM +0300, Kirill Likhodedov wrote: > ... >> There are git-notes, which could be used for the purpose, but they are >> visible to the user via standard Git command, and could be used by the >> user for other purposes, so they are

Re: How to add custom metadata to Git commit object

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 08:58:08PM +0300, Kirill Likhodedov wrote: > Is it possible to add custom metadata to Git commit object? Such > metadata should be ignored by Git commands, but could be used by a > 3-party tool which knows the format and knows where to look. Yes. The recommended place to

Re: How to add custom metadata to Git commit object

On Mon, 30 May 2016 20:58:08 +0300 Kirill Likhodedov wrote: > Is it possible to add custom metadata to Git commit object? > Such metadata should be ignored by Git commands, but could be used by > a 3-party tool which knows the format and knows where to look. >

How to add custom metadata to Git commit object

Is it possible to add custom metadata to Git commit object? Such metadata should be ignored by Git commands, but could be used by a 3-party tool which knows the format and knows where to look. I assume that this should be possible, given that Git objects are actually patches, and patches can