README: explicitly show how to fetch note references

Tweaking fetch references may not be a particularly common activity.

Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>

diff --git a/README b/README
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@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ Git), I've cherry-picked the relevant commits from the project
 repositories to preserve commit metadata.  For each of these commits,
 I've attached a note with the commit hash, original commit message,
 and original commit repository.  Fetch the `refs/notes/commits`
 repositories to preserve commit metadata.  For each of these commits,
 I've attached a note with the commit hash, original commit message,
 and original commit repository.  Fetch the `refs/notes/commits`

-reference from my public repository if you want these notes.
+reference from my public repository if you want these notes:
+
+  $ git config --add remote.origin.fetch '+refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*'
+  $ git fetch origin

 
 If I altered the original patch by removing context, I've added my
 s-o-b.  Otherwise the original patch applied cleanly, and I left my
 
 If I altered the original patch by removing context, I've added my
 s-o-b.  Otherwise the original patch applied cleanly, and I left my