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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-08-31 18:25:23 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-08-31 18:25:23 -0400 |
| commit | bfc5f242552721cfe0fb205ea73780a63058e690 (patch) | |
| tree | ebe86c69f5cbd27edf409b52d762505cc41cabc6 /doc/bugs/Large_unannex_operations_result_in_stale_symlinks_and_data_loss/comment_9_e53148a9efa061a825f668a9492182f7._comment | |
| parent | a1ba66f9109a0a799ed82821e717890ce92a87c8 (diff) | |
| parent | 9573d3cbf178e1210a26b478a87ce64fb4d3d3b1 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git-annex.branchable.com
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Large_unannex_operations_result_in_stale_symlinks_and_data_loss/comment_9_e53148a9efa061a825f668a9492182f7._comment b/doc/bugs/Large_unannex_operations_result_in_stale_symlinks_and_data_loss/comment_9_e53148a9efa061a825f668a9492182f7._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..74aaa1e56 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Large_unannex_operations_result_in_stale_symlinks_and_data_loss/comment_9_e53148a9efa061a825f668a9492182f7._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://me.yahoo.com/a/2grhJvAC049fJnvALDXek.6MRZMTlg--#eec89" + nickname="John" + subject="comment 9" + date="2013-08-30T05:59:28Z" + content=""" +I'll chime in and say that the non-fast behavior being the default seems wrong, and making hard-link invisibly seems wrong. What Joey proposed -- copying a file if there are multiple hard-links -- seems like the right solution. + +Just recently I tried to unannex a large repository and was bitten by now-dangling symlinks to files that I couldn't locate anymore. The fact is that the current unannex operation is too dangerous to be useful. +"""]] |