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| author |  https://launchpad.net/~stephane-gourichon-lpad <stephane-gourichon-lpad@web> | 2016-11-15 10:58:32 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2016-11-15 10:58:32 +0000 |
| commit | 6d35e3f5082340b1c000086e43a5ae9804010541 (patch) | |
| tree | fa8c21b40d633e27eee46146b1c69651c1826411 | |
| parent | ec9f738c09569b041a69abd1cb222aa4dc3884e5 (diff) | |
Added a comment: "Hmm, guyz? Are you serious with these scripts?" Well, what's the matter?
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diff --git a/doc/tips/How_to_retroactively_annex_a_file_already_in_a_git_repo/comment_7_603db6818d33663b70b917c04fd8485b._comment b/doc/tips/How_to_retroactively_annex_a_file_already_in_a_git_repo/comment_7_603db6818d33663b70b917c04fd8485b._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5527c2b43 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/How_to_retroactively_annex_a_file_already_in_a_git_repo/comment_7_603db6818d33663b70b917c04fd8485b._comment @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://launchpad.net/~stephane-gourichon-lpad" + nickname="stephane-gourichon-lpad" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/02d4a0af59175f9123720b4481d55a769ba954e20f6dd9b2792217d9fa0c6089" + subject=""Hmm, guyz? Are you serious with these scripts?" Well, what's the matter?" + date="2016-11-15T10:58:32Z" + content=""" +## Wow, scary + +Dilyin's comment is scary. It suggests bad things can happen, but is not very clear. + +Bloated history is one thing. +Obviously broken repo is bad but can be (slowly) recovered from remotes. +Subtly crippled history that you don't notice can be a major problem (especially once you have propagated it to all your remotes to \"recover from bloat\"). + +## More common than it seems + +There's a case probably more common than people actually report: mistakenly doing `git add` instead of `git annex add` and realizing it only after a number of commits. Doing `git annex add` at that time will have the file duplicated (regular git and annex). + +Extra wish: when doing `git annex add` of a file that is already present in git history, `git-annex` could notice and tell. + +## Simple solution? + +Can anyone elaborate on the scripts provided here, are they safe? What can happen if improperly used or in corner cases? + +* \"files are replaced with symlinks and are in the index\" -> so what ? +* \"Make sure that you don't have annex.largefiles settings that would prevent annexing the files.\" -> What would happen? Also `.gitattributes`. + +Thank you. +"""]] |