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author | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-12-19 14:31:53 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-12-19 14:31:53 -0400 |
commit | 07217cc15e22bf9fe572db2d3a5452a450391109 (patch) | |
tree | 27ed43dff8224bcd7988b614f1e9ce02126b2dbb /doc/bugs/glacier_with_assistant_bugs.mdwn | |
parent | 8029e1875e5aca2475dca7f337e620245f5a363e (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/glacier_with_assistant_bugs.mdwn b/doc/bugs/glacier_with_assistant_bugs.mdwn index 3709fedf0..f6ef2a4ac 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/glacier_with_assistant_bugs.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/glacier_with_assistant_bugs.mdwn @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -* When a file is moved into archive/, the assistant that sends it to - glacier is able to trust that it's in glacier and remove the local copy. - But other assistants that also have a copy cannot trust that, and so - don't remove their copies. +glacier-cli currently relies on a local cache of +inventory information, and so other git-annexes using the same glacier +repository are not able to access stuff in it, unless and until +`glacier vault sync` is run. -* For that matter, glacier-cli currently relies on a local cache of - inventory information, and so other git-annexes using the same glacier - repository are not able to access stuff in it, unless and until - `glacier vault sync` is run. +An example of this causing trouble is with the assistant. When a file is +moved into archive/, the assistant that sends it to glacier is able to +trust that it's in glacier and remove the local copy. But other assistants +that also have a copy cannot trust that, and so don't remove their copies. -[[!tag /design/assistant]] +I've discussed with glacier-cli's author making git-annex store enough info +in its branch to be able to bootstrap glacier-cli to know about a file. +This seems doable and he had a design; waiting on movement +on the glacier-cli side. |