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@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ Clone a git annex repo on a network file system,  run
 
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+[[!meta title="git-annex and NFS don't mix; could git annex init detect NFS and refuse to use it?"]]
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2015-02-04T19:31:32Z"
+ content="""
+git-annex uses posix file locking to avoid scenarios that could
+otherwise result in data loss when dropping a file. 
+
+This indeed involves keeping a file open and locked while removing it.
+
+Since NFS's posix file locking support ranges from poor to completely
+broken, it's not wise to use git-annex over NFS at all. It's much nicer
+to use it locally, with a git remote accessing the file server over
+eg, ssh.
+
+I can't see any changes to git-annex that could improve its handing
+of NFS, unless there's a good way to detect a NFS filesystem and make
+`git annex init` refuse to set up a repository there.
+"""]]