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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-10-06 16:23:04 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-10-06 16:23:04 -0400 |
| commit | 90f01cfa693f85725e35869f93f95b319e39fd3c (patch) | |
| tree | 40c6cacde9f99b7c1215441b7ae6de381e7b4298 /doc/forum/store_annex_in_different_place_on_hard_drive | |
| parent | 339215e526852b253e9a11721eef47c3f176db1d (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/store_annex_in_different_place_on_hard_drive/comment_1_a95add69028ad71f3c66b544c1a28db6._comment b/doc/forum/store_annex_in_different_place_on_hard_drive/comment_1_a95add69028ad71f3c66b544c1a28db6._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..af79351a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/store_annex_in_different_place_on_hard_drive/comment_1_a95add69028ad71f3c66b544c1a28db6._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2015-10-06T20:17:07Z" + content=""" +You should avoid making two repositories that share the same .git/annex +or .git/annex/objects directories. Doing that can get git-annex confused, +and let it drop a file that is only located in one place .. because it sees +it existing in 2 places due to the symlink! + +IIRC, git-annex supports making .git/annex a symlink to some directory +elsewhere, that is not itself used by another git repository. + +Or, you can use standard `GIT_DIR` settings to make git +(and git-annex) look for the .git directory elsewhere. +"""]] |