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

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577 points Delgan | 3 comments | 22 Jun 25 09:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lucasoshiro ◴[22 Jun 25 16:24 UTC] No.44348168[source]▶
There are many "Git's coolest, most unloved feature", e.g.: bisect, pickaxe, reflog, range-diff, archive, annotated tags, etc. Sadly they are often forgotten as many people thing of Git only as a glorified Google Drive...
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1. knallfrosch ◴[22 Jun 25 16:48 UTC] No.44348325[source]▶
Git notes is redundant since you need a higher-level project management tool to track features anyway. Roadmaps, feature hierarchy and non-technical details. Think of any big tracker or Jira.

I think that's fine. Unix philosophy is to focus on one thing and do that well.

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2. hinkley ◴[22 Jun 25 18:51 UTC] No.44349337[source]▶
A project management tool that uses Notes would make IDE integration easier though.

I vaguely recall dismissing Notes as a solution to my problems. I may be recollecting some of this wrong, but IIRC the problem with Notes is that they aren’t batteries included. It’s easier to cajole devs into using new tools if the setup is simple and it doesn’t complicate their workflow. Notes fails this litmus test. Set it on by default and make it come down with pull and up with push instead of a separate activity.

3. chrishill89 ◴[23 Jun 25 15:33 UTC] No.44356827[source]▶
There are many uses for Git notes even though you might use a project management tool. Particularly all those things which are relevant for developers only, or that the developers can use as the data source for "higher-level" goals.