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author | https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmqnmUulEwCiytBBGSmP7a3bLybEulcS78 <Matthieu@web> | 2013-01-23 15:14:23 +0000 |
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committer | admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2013-01-23 15:14:23 +0000 |
commit | 764437ccfece338be70690e0089dc663c8eeb4ac (patch) | |
tree | 9344b9f86fd262a2e992ada79cfef8b09fdb538d | |
parent | 19d904707e7e50c676d75e7fea5bbdbce7016cb7 (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn b/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..118f847a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +> What steps will reproduce the problem? + +Issue the following commands on a file system where hard links are disabled: + + $ touch foo + + $ ln foo bar # just to check that hard links are disabled + ln: failed to create hard link `bar' => `foo': Operation not permitted + + $ git init && git annex init + + $ git annex add . + + $ git annex uninit + unannex foo + git-annex: [...]: createLink: permission denied (Operation not permitted) + failed + Deleted branch git-annex [...]. + + $ echo $? # exit status of last command + 0 + + $ ls foo + ls: cannot access foo: No such file or directory + + +> What is the expected output? What do you see instead? + +`git annex uninit` should abort and exit with a non-`0` return code. Instead, `git annex uninit` cleans up git-annex objects and exits with return code `0`. + + +> What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +3.20120406 on Ubuntu 12.04.1. + + +> Please provide any additional information below. + +git-annex should probably not be used on a file system where hard links are disabled. + +However, if Bob is not aware that he's using git-annex on such a filesystem, he will accidently deletes his annexed files by issuing a `git annex uninit` command. |