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diff --git a/doc/todo/hide_missing_files/comment_1_9851558a528119279a901e97de285d39._comment b/doc/todo/hide_missing_files/comment_1_9851558a528119279a901e97de285d39._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..555fbefde --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/hide_missing_files/comment_1_9851558a528119279a901e97de285d39._comment @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="jason.dixon.email@aa0e536a2ec2877d6f666108dbbc6e39bbe87ac0" + nickname="jason.dixon.email" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/fbe9050fc83bbd536d307d87ea14d4bc" + subject="I hope the option to show missing files remains." + date="2017-03-07T06:30:37Z" + content=""" +I can certainly understand the issue when people are looking to git annex like a syncthing / dropbox / bittorrent sync alternative and expecting to only see files they have. But, at least for me personally, the feature of listing files I don't have, but *can get* is HUGE. I love being able to see what I have at a glance. Being able to rename and shuffle around files that are not present on my system. This to me is one of the biggest advantages of annex over the competition. + +This is both in context of personal file bookkeeping (ie photo library / music etc etc) and in projects (many maya files that are not currently being referenced, but at a glance can be seen). + +I suppose, a compromise for usability could be to add custom icons to missing files (yeah I know... cross platform!) such as other sync programs do for incomplete-syncing files, or gui's such as tortoiseGit/SVN do for tracked files. +"""]] |