How to fix error: No note found for object abc1234 in Git

# List all notes refs
git for-each-ref refs/notes

# Or check the notes directory directly
ls .git/refs/notes/

abc1234 commit refs/notes/commits
def5678 commit refs/notes/review

# Show note from a specific ref
git notes --ref=review show HEAD
git notes --ref=bugs show abc1234

# List notes from a specific ref
git notes --ref=review list

# Check each known ref for notes on a commit
for ref in $(git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)' refs/notes/); do
  echo "Checking $ref:"
  git notes --ref="$ref" show HEAD 2>/dev/null && break
done

# Temporary: show notes from all refs
git log --notes='*'

# Permanent: configure displayRef
git config --add notes.displayRef refs/notes/review
git config --add notes.displayRef refs/notes/bugs

# Fetch all notes from origin
git fetch origin refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*

# Fetch a specific notes ref
git fetch origin refs/notes/commits:refs/notes/commits
git fetch origin refs/notes/review:refs/notes/review

git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*'

# List all notes
git notes list

# Show note for specific commit
git notes show HEAD

git fetch origin refs/notes/review:refs/notes/review
git log --notes=review

# Add a note to HEAD
git notes add -m "This is a note for the current commit"

# Add a note to a specific commit
git notes add -m "Important fix for issue #123" abc1234

# Add a note interactively (opens editor)
git notes add HEAD

# Show the note
git notes show HEAD

# See the note in git log
git log -1

commit abc1234...
Author: Developer <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Dec 2 10:00:00 2024

    Add new feature

Notes:
    This is a note for the current commit

git notes --ref=bugs add -m "Related to BUG-456" HEAD
git notes --ref=bugs show HEAD

# Check if note exists (returns 0 if found, non-zero otherwise)
if git notes show HEAD 2>/dev/null; then
  echo "Note found"
else
  echo "No note for this commit"
fi

# Get note or empty string
NOTE=$(git notes show HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "")

# Get note or create one
NOTE=$(git notes show HEAD 2>/dev/null) || {
  git notes add -m "Auto-generated note"
  NOTE=$(git notes show HEAD)
}

# Get all objects that have notes
git notes list

# Format: <note-object-sha> <annotated-object-sha>
# 1234abc 5678def
# 9876fed 4321cba

#!/bin/bash
COMMIT=${1:-HEAD}
for ref in commits review bugs custom; do
  NOTE=$(git notes --ref="$ref" show "$COMMIT" 2>/dev/null)
  if [ -n "$NOTE" ]; then
    echo "Found in refs/notes/$ref:"
    echo "$NOTE"
    exit 0
  fi
done
echo "No notes found for $COMMIT"

# Push default notes ref
git push origin refs/notes/commits

# Push all notes refs
git push origin 'refs/notes/*'

# Push a specific notes ref
git push origin refs/notes/review

# Configure push refspec for notes
git config --add remote.origin.push '+refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*'

# If notes diverged, you may need to force push
git push --force origin refs/notes/commits

# List all notes refs
git for-each-ref refs/notes

# List all notes in default ref
git notes list

# Show note for HEAD
git notes show HEAD

# View notes in log output
git log -3 --notes

# View notes from all refs
git log -3 --notes='*'

# Create a test note
git notes add -m "Test note" HEAD

# Verify it shows
git notes show HEAD

# Clean up (optional)
git notes remove HEAD