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diff --git a/doc/bugs/getEffectiveUserID_not_supported_on_Windows/comment_1_26cd277e6bbfcac920ca0a2a47acfcfd._comment b/doc/bugs/getEffectiveUserID_not_supported_on_Windows/comment_1_26cd277e6bbfcac920ca0a2a47acfcfd._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f9412487c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/getEffectiveUserID_not_supported_on_Windows/comment_1_26cd277e6bbfcac920ca0a2a47acfcfd._comment @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2014-10-31T16:57:05Z" + content=""" +This code path should only be called when USERPROFILE or +one of USERNAME/USER/LOGNAME is not set. Which should not usually be the case +when using git-annex on windows. + +However, since we know that won't work on Windows it might as well not even +try.. So I've made it instead print an error that indicates which +environment variables need to be set. + +Can you please download the windows daily build from +<http://git-annex.branchable.com/install/windows>, and see what this new, +better error message says? +"""]] |