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| author |  https://me.yahoo.com/a/EbvxpTI_xP9Aod7Mg4cwGhgjrCrdM5s-#7c0f4 <https://me.yahoo.com/a/EbvxpTI_xP9Aod7Mg4cwGhgjrCrdM5s-#7c0f4@web> | 2015-08-26 14:22:49 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2015-08-26 14:22:49 +0000 |
| commit | ea3980c481e56eed9c2509d1a615125afb940f56 (patch) | |
| tree | 68e2ba8f9cf140fdc7798e070238a439d19fd2e2 | |
| parent | 9823fb51c5546ad80e0ac80cc6f8f93f51f72ff6 (diff) | |
Added a comment: WHEREIS -- is it better to just report failure to avoid duplicates?
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diff --git a/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_17_8dc7bbf485c9385a4b506e8b8fa934fe._comment b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_17_8dc7bbf485c9385a4b506e8b8fa934fe._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..55e8c1244 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_17_8dc7bbf485c9385a4b506e8b8fa934fe._comment @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://me.yahoo.com/a/EbvxpTI_xP9Aod7Mg4cwGhgjrCrdM5s-#7c0f4" + subject="WHEREIS -- is it better to just report failure to avoid duplicates?" + date="2015-08-26T14:22:49Z" + content=""" +I wonder how should I utilize this new API (WHEREIS) in my case: it seems just to lead to duplication of whereis information in my case of a special remote to support extracting of content from archives. If I make it to reply with the same url (which is not \"public\" per se, i.e. can't be used by annex directly) I just get it duplicated: + + $> git annex whereis simple.txt + whereis simple.txt (1 copy) + 82025765-5cac-4571-91ed-637620ec6fc7 -- [annexed-archives] + + annexed-archives: dl+archive:SHA256E-s173--5df2eeab61ea7d6479533d4e6b07c6bcfae46e040cad8cb1fc579f9f18c90790.tar.gz/a/d/%20%22%27%3Ba%26b%26cd%20%60%7C%20 + annexed-archives: dl+archive:SHA256E-s173--5df2eeab61ea7d6479533d4e6b07c6bcfae46e040cad8cb1fc579f9f18c90790.tar.gz/a/d/%20%22%27%3Ba%26b%26cd%20%60%7C%20 + ok + +if I \"explain\" it a bit, also somewhat duplicate: + + annexed-archives: file a/d/%20%22%27%3Ba%26b%26cd%20%60%7C%20 within archive SHA256E-s173--5df2eeab61ea7d6479533d4e6b07c6bcfae46e040cad8cb1fc579f9f18c90790.tar.gz + annexed-archives: dl+archive:SHA256E-s173--5df2eeab61ea7d6479533d4e6b07c6bcfae46e040cad8cb1fc579f9f18c90790.tar.gz/a/d/%20%22%27%3Ba%26b%26cd%20%60%7C%20 + +But if I just reply with \"WHEREIS-FAILURE\" it becomes more sensible (no duplicates), but I feel that then better documentation for this feature get adjusted to describe +that it is only to complement information already known to annex, and not really to \"provide any information about ways to access the content of a key stored in it\". Or have I missed the point? ;) +"""]] |