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author | 2015-02-04 15:34:45 -0400 | |
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committer | 2015-02-04 15:34:45 -0400 | |
commit | 285a4b2103db01c3822571a1316b35182637e84e (patch) | |
tree | 8d6c5e6eaf33f703529d7175d1c950dba19312d5 /doc/bugs/huge_multiple_copies_of___39__.nfs__42____39___and___39__.panfs__42____39___being_created | |
parent | 143c5adac9ddf8726a906683425cda5b29819c24 (diff) |
followup and retitle
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/huge_multiple_copies_of___39__.nfs__42____39___and___39__.panfs__42____39___being_created/comment_1_833cf2db9881a401a3d5db6d4f3c450a._comment b/doc/bugs/huge_multiple_copies_of___39__.nfs__42____39___and___39__.panfs__42____39___being_created/comment_1_833cf2db9881a401a3d5db6d4f3c450a._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..430e26f5f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/huge_multiple_copies_of___39__.nfs__42____39___and___39__.panfs__42____39___being_created/comment_1_833cf2db9881a401a3d5db6d4f3c450a._comment @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2015-02-04T19:31:32Z" + content=""" +git-annex uses posix file locking to avoid scenarios that could +otherwise result in data loss when dropping a file. + +This indeed involves keeping a file open and locked while removing it. + +Since NFS's posix file locking support ranges from poor to completely +broken, it's not wise to use git-annex over NFS at all. It's much nicer +to use it locally, with a git remote accessing the file server over +eg, ssh. + +I can't see any changes to git-annex that could improve its handing +of NFS, unless there's a good way to detect a NFS filesystem and make +`git annex init` refuse to set up a repository there. +"""]] |