Hello, I found a bug in git rebase and how notes are retained using uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git version git version 2.41.0.rc2.161.g9c6817b8e7dd , it also happens with 2.39.2. Here comes a reproducer: - Create some initial git history, just three commits A, B and C: uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /home/uwe/tmp/gittest/.git/ uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ for i in A B C; do echo content $i >> file ; git add file ; git commit -m "$i" ; git notes add -m "notes for $i" ; git tag $i ; done [main (root-commit) db2548de5a3c] A 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 file [main 2b8fa82afb3c] B 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) [main 3dd5e4a2037e] C 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) - Pick C on top of A: uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git checkout A HEAD is now at db2548de5a3c A uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git cherry-pick C Auto-merging file CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in file error: could not apply 3dd5e4a2037e... C hint: After resolving the conflicts, mark them with hint: "git add/rm ", then run hint: "git cherry-pick --continue". hint: You can instead skip this commit with "git cherry-pick --skip". hint: To abort and get back to the state before "git cherry-pick", hint: run "git cherry-pick --abort". Recorded preimage for 'file' uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ { echo content A; echo content C; } > file uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git add file uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git cherry-pick --continue Recorded resolution for 'file'. [detached HEAD 6cfc9b7bd437] C Date: Tue May 30 11:02:13 2023 +0200 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) - Rebase {B, C} on top of A + C' (which results in skipping C): uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git rebase HEAD C Auto-merging file CONFLICT (content): Merge conflict in file error: could not apply 2b8fa82afb3c... B hint: Resolve all conflicts manually, mark them as resolved with hint: "git add/rm ", then run "git rebase --continue". hint: You can instead skip this commit: run "git rebase --skip". hint: To abort and get back to the state before "git rebase", run "git rebase --abort". Recorded preimage for 'file' Could not apply 2b8fa82afb3c... B uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ { echo content A; echo content B; echo content C; } > file uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git add file uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git rebase --continue Recorded resolution for 'file'. [detached HEAD e5b3e28216f2] B 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) dropping 3dd5e4a2037ecd31f5470561638cb065434eabbc C -- patch contents already upstream Successfully rebased and updated detached HEAD. Now I have: uwe@taurus:~/tmp/gittest$ git log --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --notes e5b3e28216f2 (HEAD) B Notes: notes for B notes for C 6cfc9b7bd437 C db2548de5a3c (tag: A) A Notes: notes for A The surprising part here is that (the new) B also has C's note. I would have expected that it only has its own one. I quickly looked into the source code, but didn't find an easy fix because the code that notices that C should be dropped (in do_pick_commit()) isn't where the note is copied (which I didn't find). Best regards Uwe -- Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-König | Industrial Linux Solutions | https://www.pengutronix.de/ |