1 file changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/source/cgit.c b/source/cgit.c
index fd2a17a..faf5ab8 100644
--- a/source/cgit.c
+++ b/source/cgit.c
@@ -1046,14 +1046,13 @@ static void prepare_repo_env(int *nongit, int *err)
 	setup_git_directory_gently(the_repository, nongit);
 	*err = errno;
 	// Notes come out of the object store, which a repository that failed
-	// to open has none of, and git dies loading a notes ref that names
-	// no tree, so such a ref is passed over.
+	// to open has none of. The commit and log pages always ask for them,
+	// so they are set up either way, but a default ref that names no tree
+	// is left out, since git dies loading one.
 	if (!*nongit) {
 		struct display_notes_opt opt;
 		char *ref = default_notes_ref(the_repository);
 
-		// The notes are always set up, since the commit and log pages
-		// ask for them, only with no ref when the default names no tree.
 		init_display_notes(&opt);
 		opt.use_default_notes = cgit_notes_ref_usable(ref);
 		load_display_notes(&opt);