Make "git notes add" more user-friendly when there are existing notes

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-notes.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index 296f314eae5af684e68965f4b04bd9acbd4c35a1..913ecd8c433b7ebaaf932dd5cf9b789dc06b7b95 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ list::
 
 add::
        Add notes for a given object (defaults to HEAD). Abort if the
-       object already has notes (use `-f` to overwrite an
-       existing note).
+       object already has notes (use `-f` to overwrite existing notes).
+       However, if you're using `add` interactively (using an editor
+       to supply the notes contents), then - instead of aborting -
+       the existing notes will be opened in the editor (like the `edit`
+       subcommand).
 
 copy::
        Copy the notes for the first object onto the second object.