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| author |  http://joeyh.name/ <http://joeyh.name/@web> | 2013-09-20 15:24:25 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2013-09-20 15:24:25 +0000 |
| commit | 6e3b69733d07621394027dbee4972106a4412012 (patch) | |
| tree | 882c2b8912157f7b417142c38effa38a1ca96f30 | |
| parent | cabe7a49cd5ce69f8f11081e5480d3d5bff86b9f (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/git-status_typechange_in_direct_mode/comment_1_12c8b67aadbfa2b073e12997a55d49a7._comment b/doc/forum/git-status_typechange_in_direct_mode/comment_1_12c8b67aadbfa2b073e12997a55d49a7._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..31e476087 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/git-status_typechange_in_direct_mode/comment_1_12c8b67aadbfa2b073e12997a55d49a7._comment @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="2001:4830:1600:187::2" + subject="comment 1" + date="2013-09-20T15:24:25Z" + content=""" +These messages are normal in direct mode. + +They happen because git status does not know about git-annex's direct mode. So it sees a file that has a symlink checked into git, but a normal file in place in the working tree. Thus, its type has changed. Short of hacking or wrapping git, or switching to indirect mode ;), there's not much that can be done about this. + +You might want to read [[direct_mode]] for more about this, and some of the problems it can cause when running certian git commands. +"""]] |