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Company
Date Published
Author
Scott Chacon
Word Count
153
Company Posts That Month
16
Language
English
Hacker News Points
-
Post removed?
No
Summary

In an update from August 2014, Scott Chacon announced that GitHub supported the display of Git notes on commit pages, allowing users to view them at the bottom of the diff when viewing a commit. Although this functionality is no longer supported, Git notes were originally highlighted as useful for appending information from automated systems like ticketing or build systems, rather than for interactive discussions among developers. These notes were distinct from GitHub commit comments, offering a different mode of communication and documentation within the Git framework.

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