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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-12-28 16:42:11 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-12-28 16:42:11 -0400 |
| commit | 5c9891e1d139fb750ae5efe1ed2c8e5b2044287f (patch) | |
| tree | a6c7d608f4e76059cf9ddcabfffd50c03d8a09cf /doc | |
| parent | 92f57da495b25b4d42ed8e2efa3fc09c89b460b0 (diff) | |
OSX assistant: Uses direct mode by default when setting up a new local repository.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/OSX_alias_permissions_and_versions_problem.mdwn | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/pasting_into_annex_on_OSX.mdwn | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/git-annex.mdwn | 4 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bugs/OSX_alias_permissions_and_versions_problem.mdwn b/doc/bugs/OSX_alias_permissions_and_versions_problem.mdwn index 2c92ea3fb..f4ebc9d1e 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/OSX_alias_permissions_and_versions_problem.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/OSX_alias_permissions_and_versions_problem.mdwn @@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ The sync should be transparent but it's not, and it's error prone. It would even Dropbox even allows to put a symlink in the dropbox directory, and it will sync the file. [[!tag /design/assistant/OSX]] + +> Now the assistant creates new repositories using direct mode on OSX. +> In direct mode, there is no locking of files; they can be modified +> directly. [[done]] --[[Joey]] diff --git a/doc/bugs/pasting_into_annex_on_OSX.mdwn b/doc/bugs/pasting_into_annex_on_OSX.mdwn index 57ad9d3e0..4ea4851af 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/pasting_into_annex_on_OSX.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/pasting_into_annex_on_OSX.mdwn @@ -20,4 +20,9 @@ Please provide any additional information below. >> Reopening since I've heard from someone else that it can still happen. >> --[[Joey]] +>>> Closing again, since the assistant now makes new repositories on OSX +>>> using direct mode, which should avoid this problem. NB: any existing +>>> repositories you have on OSX should be switched to use direct mode by +>>> manually running `git annex direct` in them. [[done]] --[[Joey]] + [[!tag /design/assistant/OSX]] diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 4b4109820..169c234c1 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -788,8 +788,8 @@ Here are all the supported configuration settings. Makes the watch and assistant commands delay for the specified number of seconds before adding a newly created file to the annex. Normally this is not needed, because they already wait for all writers of the file - to close it. On Mac OSX, this defaults to 1 second, to work around - a bad interaction with software there. + to close it. On Mac OSX, when not using direct mode this defaults to + 1 second, to work around a bad interaction with software there. * `annex.direct` |