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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-07-07 17:04:59 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-07-07 17:05:53 -0400 |
| commit | ff531b96778abba9e992103a644ba80f7ddf2397 (patch) | |
| tree | 7eb6242074a805b0bff0c62740613ef7cbc6e43d /doc/bugs/git_annex_add_eats_files_when_filename_is_too_long.mdwn | |
| parent | 2fb771f135ad0a5adec0349a6270cadc518e04f6 (diff) | |
| parent | dac158c7b206b2f4d82ae6b993189e8148ad5f09 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git-annex.branchable.com
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_annex_add_eats_files_when_filename_is_too_long.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_annex_add_eats_files_when_filename_is_too_long.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..af807b65d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/git_annex_add_eats_files_when_filename_is_too_long.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Recently I ran into the following situation under Ubuntu with an encrypted home directory (which shortens the length that filenames can be): + + $ git annex add 687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif + add 687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif failed + git-annex: /home/lhuhn/annex/.git/annex/tmp/155_518_WORM-s426663-m1310064100--687474703a2f2f6d656469612e74756d626c722e636f6d2f74756d626c725f6c656673756557324c703171663879656b2e676966.gif.log: openBinaryFile: invalid argument (File name too long) + git-annex: 1 failed + +The file seems to be completely gone. It no longer exists in the current directory, or under .git/annex. + +I don't mind horribly that git-annex failed due to the name length limit, but it shouldn't have deleted my file in the process (fortunately the file wasn't very important, or hard to recover). |