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author | 2012-05-26 21:24:43 -0400 | |
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committer | 2012-05-26 21:24:43 -0400 | |
commit | 6703892e83c89a27a2e2766e5984618e7449bdb8 (patch) | |
tree | b7da0a87625d83c1825de34d15698fc530e74c09 | |
parent | ec9f793db1426126673ce4a5e9380e089628bc7d (diff) |
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/design/assistant.mdwn | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/design/assistant/leftovers.mdwn | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/automatic_bookkeeping_watch_command.mdwn | 32 |
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diff --git a/doc/design/assistant.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant.mdwn index f0805594e..5cbdb20d1 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant.mdwn @@ -5,11 +5,19 @@ This is my design and plan for developing it. Still being fleshed out, still many ideas and use cases to add. Feel free to chip in with comments! --[[Joey]] +## the pitch + +The blue sky goal would be something automated like dropbox, except fully +distributed. All files put into the repository would propagate out +to all the other clones of it, as network links allow. Note that while +dropbox allows modifying files, git-annex freezes them upon creation, +so this would not be 100% equivalent to dropbox. + ## roadmap * Month 1 "like dropbox": [[!traillink inotify]] [[!traillink syncing]] * Month 2 "shiny webapp": [[!traillink webapp]] [[!traillink progressbars]] * Month 3 "easy setup": [[!traillink configurators]] -* Month 4: polishing and overflow; release +* Month 4 "release": [[!traillink leftovers]]; release * Months 5-6 "9k bonus round": [[!traillink Android]] * In my overfunded nighmares: [[!traillink Windows]] diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/leftovers.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/leftovers.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..313544d38 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/design/assistant/leftovers.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Things that don't fit anywhere else: + +* Somehow get content that is unavailable. This is problematic with inotify, + since we only get an event once the user has tried (and failed) to read + from the file. This is only needed if all the files in the directory + are not kept synced, but in some situations (ie, low disk space phones), + that is likely. +* Drop files that have not been used lately, or meet some other criteria + (as long as there's a copy elsewhere). +* Perhaps automatically dropunused files that have been deleted, + although I cannot see a way to do that, since by the time the inotify + deletion event arrives, the file is deleted, and we cannot see what + its symlink pointed to! Alternatively, perhaps automatically + do an expensive unused/dropunused cleanup process. diff --git a/doc/todo/automatic_bookkeeping_watch_command.mdwn b/doc/todo/automatic_bookkeeping_watch_command.mdwn index 4b688b839..0bb86e4a1 100644 --- a/doc/todo/automatic_bookkeeping_watch_command.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/automatic_bookkeeping_watch_command.mdwn @@ -9,34 +9,4 @@ to all the other clones of it, as network links allow. Note that while dropbox allows modifying files, git-annex freezes them upon creation, so this would not be 100% equivalent to dropbox. --[[Joey]] ----- - -There is a `watch` branch in git that adds such a command, although currently -it only handles adding new files, and nothing else. To make this really -useful, it needs to: - -- notice deleted files and stage the deletion - (tricky; there's a race with add..) -- notice renamed files, auto-fix the symlink, and stage the new file location -- periodically auto-commit staged changes -- honor .gitignore, not adding files it excludes - -Also nice to have would be: - -- Somehow sync remotes, possibly using a push sync like dvcs-autosync - does, so they are immediately updated. -- Somehow get content that is unavailable. This is problematic with inotify, - since we only get an event once the user has tried (and failed) to read - from the file. Perhaps instead, automatically copy content that is added - out to remotes, with the goal of all repos eventually getting a copy, - if df allows. -- Drop files that have not been used lately, or meet some other criteria - (as long as there's a copy elsewhere). -- Perhaps automatically dropunused files that have been deleted, - although I cannot see a way to do that, since by the time the inotify - deletion event arrives, the file is deleted, and we cannot see what - its symlink pointed to! Alternatively, perhaps automatically - do an expensive unused/dropunused cleanup process. -- Support OSes other than Linux; it only uses inotify currently. - - +This is a big project with its own [[design pages|design/assistant]]. |