I use this to store my own notes on published commits. Mostly about tests that I have done. For private commits I might just store them in the commit message i

I use this to store my own notes on published commits. Mostly about tests that I have done. For private commits I might just store them in the commit message if they are ephemeral. And then remove them before pushing. The usability is okay for local work. Fiddly for pushing and pulling.