Git notes
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Jun 5, 2026first mention
Sep 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I want them to be associated with the commit as metadata, so I use `git notes`.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Threads where it came up
Also written as git notes. Data: git-notes.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 3
“I like git-notes”
“I want them to be associated with the commit as metadata, so I use `git notes`.”
I like using conventional commits but I’ve often wondered if some sort of tagging/labeling using git-notes wouldn’t be better: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-notes I’m just unsure that the short title is the ideal place to put this kind of tagging info: the kind of fix, and optionally, the relevant component(s). I find sometimes that can take up the majority of the title. A forge could consume the git-notes and decorat