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diff --git a/doc/bugs/whereis_outputs_no_informaiton_for_unlocked_files/comment_1_47bd0fc8d1c65f8a868d9722e66c71db._comment b/doc/bugs/whereis_outputs_no_informaiton_for_unlocked_files/comment_1_47bd0fc8d1c65f8a868d9722e66c71db._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e92ec33f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/whereis_outputs_no_informaiton_for_unlocked_files/comment_1_47bd0fc8d1c65f8a868d9722e66c71db._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.102" + subject="comment 1" + date="2014-03-19T20:52:08Z" + content=""" +The reason this doesn't work is that, in indirect mode, git-annex looks at the current state of the symlink in the work tree to know what key is associated with a file. And an unlocked file has no symlink. + +Direct mode avoids this problem, but at the expense of being less flexible and well, doing more work. +"""]] |