Re: Bugreport

[please don't top-post]


> On 12/08/2026 14:54, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote:
> > I have only skimmed this.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 12, 2026, at 14:31, Marcel Svitalský wrote:
> >> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> >> I called `git lg` command to display git graph log in my terminal. The
> >> command is defined in my
> >> general gitconfig file as follows:
> >>
> >> # double liner with hash, time, branches and tags on first line and the
> >> message on second
> >> lg = "!f() { num=15; if [ \"$1\" != \"\" ] && ( echo \"$1\" | grep -q
> >> \"^[0-9]\\\\+\\$\" ) ; then num=\"$1\" ; shift ; fi ; [ $num -eq 0 ] &&
> >> num=999999999 ; git \"$@\" log -n \"$num\" --graph --abbrev-commit
> >> --decorate --format=format:'%C(bold blue)%h%C(reset) - %C(bold
> >> cyan)%aD%C(reset) %C(bold green)(%ar)%C(reset)%C(bold
> >> yellow)%d%C(reset)%n'' %C(white)%s%C(reset)' --all; }; f"
> > Note the `--all`.
> >
> >> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
> >> I expected to see git graph log with the project commits.
> >>
> >> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
> >> On top of the project commits were added these four pseudo-commits made
> >> by some Git component(s).
> >>
> >> * f7b611ce - Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:26:03 +0200 (5 hours ago)
> >> |  Notes added by 'git notes append' - rewrite-analytics
> >> * 1a7605bb - Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:26:03 +0200 (5 hours ago)
> >> |  Notes added by 'git notes append' - rewrite-analytics
> >> * c2a05d79 - Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:25:03 +0200 (5 hours ago)
> >> |  Notes added by 'git notes append' - rewrite-analytics
> >>    \
> >>     * 01c630e0 - Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:13:00 +0200 (5 hours ago)
> >>        chatter: initialize notes ref - chatter
> >>
> >> They are not graphically connected with the actual commits, they just
> >> sit there over them. No other graphical
> >> tool (Sublime Merge, IntelliJ Idea) displays them.
> > They are Git notes. They form their own connected graph. That’s why they
> > are not connected with the “actual commits” like from some branch.
> >
> > The `--all` will include all refs, including Git notes like
> > `refs/notes/commits`.
> >
> > This doesn’t look like a bug.
> >
> >> [snip]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM Marcel Svitalský
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I see, thank you. Is this a new feature? I've been using this command
> for years
> and today is the first time I am seeing this.

Notes are not new. Perhaps a tool you use started creating them?

> Also, is there another
> flag instead of
> `--all` that would just include the actual commits only?

You could limit the refs to be listed, like maybe "--branches --tags
--remotes", or "--exclude='refs/notes/*' --all" ? (I'm omitting
treatment of refs/stash, too, for now.)


-- 
D. Ben Knoble