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author | 2015-05-30 12:30:39 +0000 | |
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committer | 2015-05-30 12:30:39 +0000 | |
commit | 5368de79c19e24d5b5fbd8f310b4c867dba65fef (patch) | |
tree | 6c3da1f0cab141154a531717d8f6d2a4c268e6ae /doc/bugs | |
parent | 095a5afbd14622acd0788da3f61f3183780c763c (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/symlinks_to_absent_files_remain_upon_switching_to_direct_mode/comment_1_3d627ce7eb21ceb8431a4275106eca1b._comment b/doc/bugs/symlinks_to_absent_files_remain_upon_switching_to_direct_mode/comment_1_3d627ce7eb21ceb8431a4275106eca1b._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..83aa2d887 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/symlinks_to_absent_files_remain_upon_switching_to_direct_mode/comment_1_3d627ce7eb21ceb8431a4275106eca1b._comment @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="eigengrau" + subject="comment 1" + date="2015-05-30T12:30:39Z" + content=""" +AFAIK absent files are supposed to be symlinks, even in direct mode. Once you “git annex get“ the files, the will be immediately unlocked. Only on VFAT file-systems (which do not support symlinks), absent files will have 0 byte placeholders. You might be able to force placeholders with the “annex.crippledfilesystem“ config option, but I’m not sure how you would enact it or whether that’s desirable. +"""]] |