Currently "git notes add -C $object" will read the raw bytes from $object,
and then copy those bytes into the note object, which is hardcoded to be
of type blob. This means that if the given $object is a non-blob (e.g.
tree or commit), the raw bytes from that object is copied into a blob
object. This is probably not useful, and certainly not what any sane
user would expect. So disallow it, by erroring out if the $object passed
to the -C option is not a blob.
The fix also applies to the -c option (in which the user is prompted to
edit/verify the note contents in a text editor), and also when -c/-C is
passed to "git notes append" (which appends the $object contents to an
existing note object). In both cases, passing a non-blob $object does not
make sense.
Also add a couple of tests demonstrating expected behavior.
Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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