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diff --git a/doc/bugs/v6_appears_to_not_thin/comment_1_d62791da504f6cf9bb26fa588756234c._comment b/doc/bugs/v6_appears_to_not_thin/comment_1_d62791da504f6cf9bb26fa588756234c._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c2d5a804e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/v6_appears_to_not_thin/comment_1_d62791da504f6cf9bb26fa588756234c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2016-07-06T18:42:47Z" + content=""" +annex.thin can only work on filesystems that support hard links, +so the most likely reason, from the information you have given, +is that the repository is on a FAT or other non-hard-link supporting +filesystem. + + joey@darkstar:~/tmp/xxx>date > bigfile + joey@darkstar:~/tmp/xxx>git annex add bigfile + add bigfile ok + (recording state in git...) + joey@darkstar:~/tmp/xxx>git commit -m add + [master 39d19a4] add + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) + rewrite bigfile (100%) + mode change 100644 => 120000 + joey@darkstar:~/tmp/xxx>git annex unlock bigfile + unlock bigfile ok + (recording state in git...) + joey@darkstar:~/tmp/xxx>ls -l bigfile + -rw-r--r-- 2 joey joey 30 Jul 6 14:46 bigfile + +It's working fine here as seen by the fact that bigfile +has a link count of 2 after being unlocked. + +Other possibilies: + +* If the repository was cloned using `git clone --shared`, + annex.thin is not supported. +* If there are multiple files in the working tree that have the same + content, annex.thin will only hard link one of them; the others + will be non-thin copies. +"""]] diff --git a/doc/forum/v6_thinning_seems_to_be_not_working_for_me/comment_1_751e603141513faaa43abc38f3329a3e._comment b/doc/forum/v6_thinning_seems_to_be_not_working_for_me/comment_1_751e603141513faaa43abc38f3329a3e._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7587a0d1d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/v6_thinning_seems_to_be_not_working_for_me/comment_1_751e603141513faaa43abc38f3329a3e._comment @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2016-07-06T18:48:46Z" + content=""" +[[bugs/v6_appears_to_not_thin]] was also filed by you about this; +so I'll followup there instead of here. +"""]] |