Using git notes

[vaab]

Git notes could be used to:

• allow afterthoughts re-wording of commits
• allow to effectively replace usage of commit message content (for those that would prefer this method)
  • add more info / entries to a commit.

Support of using git note could really be a good addition to gitchangelog, at the condition we find a nice way to allow different usage scenarios.

[vaab]

Nice ressource about git notes and changelogs: https://harrow.io/blog/effortlessly-maintain-a-high-quality-change-log-with-little-known-git-tricks/

[HaVonTe1]

This is a wonderful idea. Any chance this is about to be happening?

[vaab]

PR are more than welcome :-)

[bt-thiago]

@vaab it's been a while since this is open, so I'd like to check with you before starting. Do you still have interest in a PR for this?

We use gitchangelog internally for our projects and using git-notes has been in our own backlog for a while. I'd be happy to do it or get someone from my team to contribute this feature.

The way I'm thinking to implement it is:

1. If a note exists for a certain commit and it matches one of the prefixes, then use it;
2. otherwise blindly fall-back to git commit message (i.e. use existing behaviour).

Please let me know. Cheers.