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author | http://joeyh.name/ <http://joeyh.name/@web> | 2012-09-19 17:32:13 +0000 |
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committer | admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2012-09-19 17:32:13 +0000 |
commit | 08d61295a8ddf7d83f583216f9a89867f59c18eb (patch) | |
tree | 0c1a4410525196a6041f831dc7e8664dd28a6de1 | |
parent | 355ef8f3ea230b9ae0613bcea8c90203663ccd2a (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/pasting_into_annex_on_OSX/comment_3_270aa7680c3b899a92ce6543eaba666a._comment b/doc/bugs/pasting_into_annex_on_OSX/comment_3_270aa7680c3b899a92ce6543eaba666a._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..51c06ba12 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/pasting_into_annex_on_OSX/comment_3_270aa7680c3b899a92ce6543eaba666a._comment @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="4.153.2.84" + subject="comment 3" + date="2012-09-19T17:32:13Z" + content=""" +I can only guess what this paste operation entails, but as far as I can tell, the error message and the deletion of the file both come from the paste program, not git-annex. + +I know that git-annex assistant will not annex a file while it's still open to be written to. So my hypothesis is that the file is written to, closed, and then the paste program tries to do something else -- perhaps set the mode of the file -- and by that point git-annex has annexed it, and the program deletes the symlink. (So the content is probably buried in the git annex.) + +Could you build from git master and in your annex, run: + + git config annex.delayadd 10 + +That'll add a 10 second grace period for things to finish with files before they get added to the annex. +Perhaps this will be enough to avoid the problem. Feel free to play with the number of seconds.. +"""]] |