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| author |  Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name> | 2014-12-02 14:55:24 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name> | 2014-12-02 14:55:24 -0400 |
| commit | f3dc8ea030091b1d1151cf8ceab95ca43f71f053 (patch) | |
| tree | c5e7d31230df8bfe975eba18676c55d84f7969cb | |
| parent | c39193884cf8575947890917ef3c37e70ff4903e (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/some_symlinks_left_in_direct_mode/comment_1_fd8d8107861453f0aa6b2c390e369307._comment b/doc/forum/some_symlinks_left_in_direct_mode/comment_1_fd8d8107861453f0aa6b2c390e369307._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..29e8b7490 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/some_symlinks_left_in_direct_mode/comment_1_fd8d8107861453f0aa6b2c390e369307._comment @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2014-12-02T18:53:32Z" + content=""" +Well, it's normal to have broken symlinks if the content of a file +is not present. `git annex get` will get the file content +and replace the symlink with it. + +If the symlink is not broken, you can run `git annex fsck` on the file +and it will notice and fix this inconsistency. + +Some old versions of git-annex had bugs in direct mode that could result +in files being left as symlinks like that. I have not seen any bugs +lately in that area. If you have a way to get a repository into that +state, file a bug report with a test case. +"""]] |