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Git Notes: Git's coolest, most unloved­ feature (2022)

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oftenwrong ◴[22 Jun 25 14:20 UTC] No.44347165[source]▶
Another little-known feature is git trailers:

https://alchemists.io/articles/git_trailers

These are key-value structures data that can be included on a commit when it is created. These are used by some systems for attaching metadata. For example, Gerrit uses this for attaching its Change-Id.

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oftenwrong ◴[22 Jun 25 14:38 UTC] No.44347282[source]▶
One more similar feature from a different system: PostgreSQL COMMENT

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/sql-comment.html

This allows you to attach text to various database objects in PostgreSQL.

I wish PostgreSQL had a feature that was more like structured key-value database object metadata that could be edited.

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1. stephenlf ◴[22 Jun 25 15:20 UTC] No.44347635[source]▶
I love PostgreSQL COMMENT. I built a prototype app for a buddy with Supabase and added a COMMENT to every table.
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2. codesnik ◴[22 Jun 25 16:18 UTC] No.44348116[source]▶
with supabase it is almost essential. But adding comments with migrations is somewhat tedious, unless you're writing actual sql. Like, you know, with supabase.
3. jaakl ◴[22 Jun 25 20:14 UTC] No.44349912[source]▶
I hate it. I used it to have carefully curated metadata (sources etc) to my collection of tens of tables, and someone else took backup/restore of the database and all this was lost.