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diff --git a/doc/forum/dangling_blobs.mdwn b/doc/forum/dangling_blobs.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dc3cfbd78 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/dangling_blobs.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Revisiting an issue I reported a couple of months ago but never figured out. I am trying to use git annex assistant on two separate machines to automatically mirror files between them. But after I start the second assistant and add new files to the annex, I find that git fsck reports dangling blobs. Is there a conflict between the two assistants? + +On the server: + + $ mkdir ~/annex + $ cd ~/annex + $ git init + $ git annex init u --version=6 + $ echo This is test file 1. >testfile1.txt + $ git annex add testfile1.txt + $ git annex sync + $ git remote add ml2 ssh://laptop/Users/username/annex + $ git annex assistant + +After all that, I do this on the laptop: + + $ cd ~/ + $ git clone ssh://server/home/username/annex + $ cd annex + $ git annex init ml2 --version=6 + $ git annex sync + $ git annex assistant + +At this point git fsck is happy. But when I add files to the annex on either machine and run git fsck, I get messages like: + + Checking object directories: 100% (256/256), done. + dangling blob 31a30177d1e37faf8eac96524302a61713d3d522 |