Git notes improvements

[gerhardol]

Feature description

From discussion in #6026 #5653 #6056
See also #4816, #1627 (part of #1627 fixed in #6026)

The proposal will be refined, a draft so far

Separate notes from message:

• Do not fetch notes together with message (also when message is missing) but as a separate command (probably a configurable limit of notes, or use same as git-log).
• Store separately from GitRevision (like a Dictionary)
• Present separately in CommitInfo (and tooltip)
• New column or overflow indicator (use multiline?) to show that notes exists.

Later:

• Delete notes (explicitly, not just add an empty note)
• Fetch/push notes
• Handle notes namespaces (change from /refs/notes/commit or all?)
• See Avoid adding newline at the end of formatted output #6056 (comment)

Environment

• Git Extensions 3.00.00.4433
• Build fca7cf2
• Git 2.20.1.windows.1
• Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.17134.0
• .NET Framework 4.7.3260.0
• DPI 96dpi (no scaling)

[mstv]

Could you suppress the display of empty "Notes: " in the File History, too, please?

[gerhardol]

Could you suppress the display of empty "Notes: " in the File History, too, please?

Should already be fixed in master as well as the release/3.00 branch

Present separately in CommitInfo (and tooltip)

In additions, the presentation should be separate (divider? separate area?) and only seen in commitinfo if existing.

[mstv]

It has been fixed only partially, namely in FormBrowse. I am complaining about File History.
Reproducible with:

• Git Extensions 3.01.00.0
• Build 5fa57a9
• Git 2.20.0.windows.1
• Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
• .NET Framework 4.7.2117.0
• DPI 96dpi (no scaling)

[gerhardol]

It has been fixed only partially, namely in FormBrowse. I am complaining about File History.

Reopened #5804

[RussKie]

Present separately in CommitInfo (and tooltip)

In additions, the presentation should be separate (divider? separate area?) and only seen in commitinfo if existing.

Yes, in the future releases

[V0d01ey]

Additionally, there is a checkbox Main menu|View|Show git notes.
Now it does both:

• shows Notes: in CommitInfo panel, and
• shows branch notes/commits in Graph panel.

Though showing notes in commit info preferable in most use cases,
showing extra branch in graph makes the graph less convinient.
So, there should be different options for each case. Or simply make notes in commitInfo to show always.