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| author |  https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkWQXo7MLYIDa-ep04UTbdz8KuvfjwLDCQ <Matj@web> | 2014-01-06 15:05:28 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2014-01-06 15:05:28 +0000 |
| commit | 409b157fd25113e8b2cbd0b0b88b72f09f6bf766 (patch) | |
| tree | ac5da9fa8f583d6f2e2ef9cfb2c71e23c29acc04 /doc/bugs/interference_with_Dropbox_results_in_data_loss.mdwn | |
| parent | a6145c50f035cd9de8c4fe419bd6ab87b33386ee (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/interference_with_Dropbox_results_in_data_loss.mdwn b/doc/bugs/interference_with_Dropbox_results_in_data_loss.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bf8641dcc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/interference_with_Dropbox_results_in_data_loss.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +### Please describe the problem. + +When working with git-annex in a folder managed by Dropbox, the folders names in .git/annex/objects/ are mangled by Dropbox. This leads to lost files. + +This is not a git-annex bug, but the problem is severe and it would be helpful when git-annex can deal with it somehow. Possibilities are: + +* include a warning in documentation (this will be probably found after someone encounters the problem actually) +* issue a warning when running in a Dropbox managed folder +* avoid using filenames that differs in case only (this would make git-annex also more robust against corruption i.e. when a repository is copied over filesystems/protocols without filename case support) + +### What steps will reproduce the problem? + cd ~/Dropbox + mkdir test_annex + cd test_annex + git init + git annex init "test_annex" + cp ~/somefiles/* . + git annex add * + # wait for Dropbox to upload and mangle folder names in .git/annex/objects/ + find -L . -type l | wc -l # print number of broken symlinks + git annex fsck # prints all the missing files + + +### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +3.20130207 +Fedora 19 + +### Please provide any additional information below. + +[[!format sh """ +# filder names mangled by Dropbox + +$ ls .git/annex/objects/ +Ff/ M9 (Case Conflict (1))/ x8 (Case Conflict (1))/ +Ff (Case Conflict)/ pF/ x9/ +Ff (Case Conflict (1))/ pF (Case Conflict)/ x9 (Case Conflict)/ +Ff (Case Conflict (2))/ pF (Case Conflict (1))/ Zf/ +Ff (Case Conflict (3))/ pF (Case Conflict (2))/ Zf (Case Conflict)/ +Ff (Case Conflict (4))/ pF (Case Conflict (3))/ Zf (Case Conflict (1))/ +Ff (Case Conflict (5))/ pF (Case Conflict (4))/ Zf (Case Conflict (2))/ +Ff (Case Conflict (6))/ PG/ Zf (Case Conflict (3))/ +... + +# End of transcript or log. +"""]] |