git: how to push messages added by git notes to the central git server?

Question

it seems like there is no proper documentation regarding git notes. I have added some notes to one of the commit using git notes add command. but when i push the commit, and later do a separate clone, i dont see the note message there. Is there a way to push all the note messages added via git notes command?

Accepted Answer

Push all notes:

```
git push <remote> 'refs/notes/*'
```

Fetch all notes:

```
git fetch origin 'refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*'
```

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A word of warning: do not use `git pull` in place of `git fetch` (that is, `git pull origin refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*` is wrong). The overall details are complex, but the particular reason `git pull` is wrong here is that you do not want to merge or rebase `refs/notes/commits` with your current branch.

If you encounter zsh: no matches found: refs/notes/* error, consider quoting the argument: git push origin 'refs/notes/*'

git: how to push messages added by git notes to the central git server?

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