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diff --git a/doc/forum/Layout_mismatch_between_symlinks_and_annex_objects/comment_2_9134154ba2ef3575c39c7848136b79a9._comment b/doc/forum/Layout_mismatch_between_symlinks_and_annex_objects/comment_2_9134154ba2ef3575c39c7848136b79a9._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c30ad8999 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Layout_mismatch_between_symlinks_and_annex_objects/comment_2_9134154ba2ef3575c39c7848136b79a9._comment @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 2""" + date="2015-09-09T18:18:17Z" + content=""" +I wish this incompatability didn't exist either, but the transition to use +consistently 3 letter hash directories would be too much to ask of all the +users. And there are ways to convert a bare to non-bare that don't have +this problem, like making a clone and using `git annex move --all --from +origin` + +There's an easy way to finish your conversion from bare to non-bare. +Just move .git/annex/objects to old-objects, and run `git annex add +old-objects --backend=SHA256`. That will rename all the files into the right places for a +non-bare repository, so your existing symlinks will work. You can then +`rm -rf old-objects` to clean up. + +Note that method assumes that SHA256 is the backend of everything in that +repo. If not, it gets a bit trickier; you'd need to use `git-annex +setkey' +"""]] |