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| author |  gernot <gernot@web> | 2011-11-07 20:55:54 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2011-11-07 20:55:54 +0000 |
| commit | 26d3c3b4977405127b52da0cddefe845b855f08f (patch) | |
| tree | efa52e4182cdb3e6d3fee2aca5af5839ec75301c /doc | |
| parent | 3c263cc9ea7fe5dc5b07db4a66281cda752fc6b3 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/Error_when_moving_annexed_file_to_a_.gitignored_location.mdwn | 19 |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Error_when_moving_annexed_file_to_a_.gitignored_location.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Error_when_moving_annexed_file_to_a_.gitignored_location.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ca2cf7585 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Error_when_moving_annexed_file_to_a_.gitignored_location.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +I just noticed that if you move a git-annex symlink to a location ignored by git, it simply works. Upon committing that change, however, part of git-annex's `fix` function apparently tries to `git-add` the symlink. This fails because the new, ignored location requires a `git-add --force`. + +Considering that git proper doesn't fail or warn, I think git-annex shouldn't either. + +This is the error message: + + $ git mv annexed-file ignored-dir/ + $ git commit + fix ignored-dir/annexed-file ok + (Recording state in git...) + The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files: + ignored-dir + Use -f if you really want to add them. + fatal: no files added + Command xargs ["-0","git","--git-dir=/home/[...]/repo/.git","--work-tree=/home/[...]/repo","add","--"] failed; exit code 123 + + git-annex: user error (Command xargs ["-0","git","--git-dir=/home/[...]/repo/.git","--work-tree=/home/[...]/repo","add","--"] failed; exit code 123) + failed + git-annex: 1 failed |