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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-02-06 14:02:18 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-02-06 14:02:18 -0400 |
| commit | eadcb2d93f5ed2ec280efede40c623c7a5394678 (patch) | |
| tree | 08392ca077dc1825e506565fc6c7a12589aee4f1 /doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn | |
| parent | f4ced8dd9f70fe46e4c8c34acb58e28aff009907 (diff) | |
uninit, unannex --fast: If hard link creation fails, fall back to slow mode.
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn b/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn index 9488d6fba..2d98929ab 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn @@ -39,3 +39,9 @@ Issue the following commands on a file system where hard links are disabled: git-annex should probably not be used on a file system where hard links are disabled. However, if the user is not aware that he's using git-annex on such a filesystem, he will accidently delete his annexed files by issuing a `git annex uninit` command. + +> git-annex needs a POSIX filesystem, which includes the ability to create +> hard links. The `git annex add` in the example above will fail +> trying to create a hard link with current versions. +> +> I've made uninit fall back to a non-hard link mode. [[done]] --[[Joey]] |