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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-05-03 13:08:03 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-05-03 13:08:03 -0400 |
| commit | 75e299069cb2dbe7b6f69de8b7eb87f3c50b3e00 (patch) | |
| tree | a5d26755249e46ca15e0ff37508e1956ffebcc16 /doc/bugs/dropkey_--batch_--json_--force_is_always_succesfull | |
| parent | b4c63ccbe624cf131810cedb6200d954cdd3bea2 (diff) | |
not a bug
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/dropkey_--batch_--json_--force_is_always_succesfull/comment_1_b913175c341d39e6b9d354213677248c._comment b/doc/bugs/dropkey_--batch_--json_--force_is_always_succesfull/comment_1_b913175c341d39e6b9d354213677248c._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4e22e90ce --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/dropkey_--batch_--json_--force_is_always_succesfull/comment_1_b913175c341d39e6b9d354213677248c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2016-05-03T17:03:25Z" + content=""" +Note that dropkey does *not* check if other copies exist, so the --force is +unncessary; eg it's always forced by default. + +Anyway, dropkey will indicate a failure if it's actually unable to drop the +content for some reason, eg a permissions problem or the content is locked +to prevent it being dropped right now, or other unanticipated error. +But, if the content of the key is not present, it's successfully +gotten the repo into the requested state. + +Similarly, git-annex transferkey will return success if the key it was +supposed to download is already present. + +I don't consider this a bug, although am willing to be convinced +otherwise.. +"""]] |