let!(:note4){notes.create!(commit_id: commit.id,noteable_type: 'Commit',project_id: project.id,author_id: author.id,note: 'note for an email@somesite.com and some other random @ ref')}
# this should have pointed to an innexisted commit record in a commits table
# but because commit is not an AR we'll just make it so that it does not have mentions
let!(:note5){notes.create!(commit_id: 'abc',noteable_type: 'Commit',project_id: project.id,author_id: author.id,note: 'note for an email@somesite.com and some other random @ ref')}