tree 4e1ad70b632dd9a41f17047fc0b327287c0c905a
parent 146d51aa1ec9dcb721a7483479ef0b1ac21d39f1
author Yun Peng <pcloudy@google.com> 1581510840 -0800
committer Copybara-Service <copybara-worker@google.com> 1581510898 -0800

Remove git notes usage from release process

Previously we store release name, candidate number, cherry-picks and
release notes info in git repo using `git notes`.  To remove this
complexity, we remove all git notes usage in this change.

Instead of using git notes, we parse release name and candidate number
from branch name or tag name.  For cherry-picks, we rely on the git
patch-id to find the original commit hash. And for release notes, there
is no need to store it in git notes, because we always manually modify
the generated release note.

Closes #10741.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 294639345