Re: git transition issues

[Glenn Morris]

"Eric S. Raymond" wrote:

>> This looks wrong to me. %N is the commit's note from "git notes".
>> Perhaps this should be %H, to get the commit hash? And if so, I think
>> the better way is with "git show-ref", as it's a plumbing command where
>> "git log" is not (git log likes to redirect stuff through your $PAGER, etc).
>> 
>>   git show-ref -s --head ^HEAD
>
> I noticed the %N issue, yes.  I agree with this critique.

%N is right for the current git repo.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-08/msg00442.html