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| author |  https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnG_weCiH6IleQfVmRPmFJflHQMHdAcDkU <Edward@web> | 2014-07-25 07:57:21 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2014-07-25 07:57:21 +0000 |
| commit | e41e10ae40a860dec4001ac81f81f3bd81fed5ca (patch) | |
| tree | 333fb7647113c808845bf471db0e682f6555b5d5 /doc/walkthrough | |
| parent | 4d88f688420999224d2853198514f083ee7cf3e2 (diff) | |
add a note about direct mode
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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/renaming_files.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/renaming_files.mdwn index 85964d1ea..7ae5f633c 100644 --- a/doc/walkthrough/renaming_files.mdwn +++ b/doc/walkthrough/renaming_files.mdwn @@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ Notice that, since annexed files are represented by symlinks, the symlink will break when the file is moved into a subdirectory. But, git-annex will fix this up for you when you commit -- it has a pre-commit hook that watches for and corrects broken symlinks. + +## Direct mode + +Note that these git commands only work when git-annex is using indirect mode. Repositories created by the [[assistant]] are in [[direct_mode]]. Running 'git mv' in direct mode will give you an error: + + fatal: This operation must be run in a work tree |