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author | 2017-03-26 10:02:22 +0000 | |
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committer | 2017-03-26 10:02:22 +0000 | |
commit | 4e530784a71b2d83bdf31509c3c2152fb2425fbe (patch) | |
tree | 424a530a4de0b79f480905fd3bb65253fbdcfdf6 /doc | |
parent | 237a42cba43a69066283ab056a2d815ccf8addda (diff) |
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/cause__58___fake_annex_repo___124___result__58___inflated_numcopies___124___workaround__58___initialize_properly.mdwn | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bugs/cause__58___fake_annex_repo___124___result__58___inflated_numcopies___124___workaround__58___initialize_properly.mdwn b/doc/bugs/cause__58___fake_annex_repo___124___result__58___inflated_numcopies___124___workaround__58___initialize_properly.mdwn index 4db907c78..7e4d81d03 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/cause__58___fake_annex_repo___124___result__58___inflated_numcopies___124___workaround__58___initialize_properly.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/cause__58___fake_annex_repo___124___result__58___inflated_numcopies___124___workaround__58___initialize_properly.mdwn @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ the annex-less git repo will gain a v5 annex branch it knows it can't store binary files but all the properly initialized annex repos in the network don't know that -when I run "sync --content", the initialized annex repos think that the uninitialized repo contains the binary files. +when I run "sync --content", +the initialized annex repos think that the uninitialized repo contains copies. I suspect this results in inaccurate "copies" count I know it results in an inaccurate "list files' location" graph @@ -35,12 +36,14 @@ git annex whereis Hypothesis: -maybe the issue is that I cloned the repo rather than creating it normally, -leaving it in a half-annexed state? +maybe the issue is that I cloned the repo +rather than creating it normally, +thus leaving it in a half-annexed state? Experiment: -tested by creating an independent git repo and then adding it as a remote to Alpha. +tested by creating an independent git repo +and then adding it as a remote to Alpha. then ran sync --content @@ -55,11 +58,15 @@ git-annex sync --content ***** ramifications -It would appear this error can cause data loss due to a false numcopies count. +It would appear this error can cause data loss +due to a false numcopies count. -Yet GitHub is supposed to work. So this error should've already been noticed. Contradiction detected. +Yet GitHub is supposed to work. +So this error should've already been noticed. +Contradiction detected. -Positivity: I am planning on becoming a git-annex evangelist as part of a larger project. Emacs offers ergonomic control via magit and a dired plugin. +Positivity: I am planning on becoming a git-annex evangelist as part of a larger project. +Emacs offers ergonomic control via magit and a dired plugin. ***** environment |