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| author |  https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkipQLNyt8RHREHpg2k5wdYeRSCCvSNSBg <Tim@web> | 2014-01-06 18:23:53 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2014-01-06 18:23:53 +0000 |
| commit | 89e4d458c1b1ff337956121598fe729bcdcbd482 (patch) | |
| tree | f1b20fea58963f218cc8dc2a84c6aeb11fa5b26f | |
| parent | 498a98dc5a811fd2a9854c818c7f536d9a8a437d (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/workspace.xml_file_disappeared__44___broken_symlink_showed_up.mdwn b/doc/forum/workspace.xml_file_disappeared__44___broken_symlink_showed_up.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d48d60cec --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/workspace.xml_file_disappeared__44___broken_symlink_showed_up.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +I am running git-annex on Mac OS 10.9 and syncing to a Linux device that was attached to a Synology NAS. Both were running December versions of git-annex. + +While working on an application in IntelliJ my workspace.xml file disappeared. It went from being a real file to being a symlink to a location that didn't exist. + +The symlink looks like this: workspace.xml -> ../../../.git/annex/objects/M2/8W/SHA256E-s68106--90e9cc4f617c9034db1bf462d058b82c59ade0be58de1d3a3e2f8c02606631c2.xml/SHA256E-s68106--90e9cc4f617c9034db1bf462d058b82c59ade0be58de1d3a3e2f8c02606631c2.xml + +I tried git-annex fsck and I get this message: ** No known copies exist of XXXXXXX/workspace.xml + +"XXXXXXX" is a path I needed to obscure I can see it in the git-annex repo but it is a reference to a symlink that doesn't exist + +It was mentioned in another thread ( http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/git_annex_on_osx_only_creating_symlinks__63____63__/ ) that this could happen if I did a forced drop but I do not use git-annex on the command line. I'm using the assistant and having it manage all of my files for me. + +I tried looking at the log for it and it shows this: + +timmattison$ /Applications/git-annex.app/Contents/MacOS/git-annex log XXXXXXX/.idea/workspace.xml +- 2014-01-03 19:49:58 XXXXXXX/.idea/workspace.xml | d6747880-b355-4d41-b4e5-d1ad3afcb4a5 -- timmattison@MacBook-Pro.local:~/Desktop/annex ++ 2014-01-03 17:08:32 XXXXXXX/.idea/workspace.xml | d6747880-b355-4d41-b4e5-d1ad3afcb4a5 -- timmattison@MacBook-Pro.local:~/Desktop/annex +(Recording state in git...) + +So I can see that the git-annex thinks the file was deleted but what really happened is that IntelliJ just modified it. workspace.xml files are modified very often when working in IntelliJ. + +Is this a known bug that has been fixed in the new version (2013-12-30 or later)? + +Thanks, +Tim |