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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_1_f32fbae29e4db039804c0853256c238c._comment b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_1_f32fbae29e4db039804c0853256c238c._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..61c62703c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_1_f32fbae29e4db039804c0853256c238c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.2" + subject="comment 1" + date="2014-07-10T18:48:17Z" + content=""" +Reproduced. `git annex sync --content` has the same problem. + +Of course, both it and the assistant *do* check if files can be dropped. For some reason, it is deciding it is not safe to drop the file. +"""]] diff --git a/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_2_405bfa00dfd433352c263afe75e94b2c._comment b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_2_405bfa00dfd433352c263afe75e94b2c._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d7d288b39 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_2_405bfa00dfd433352c263afe75e94b2c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.2" + subject="user misconfiguration" + date="2014-07-10T19:02:00Z" + content=""" +Reason is simple: You manually put the repository into the source group, but its preferred content is not set to \"standard\". No matter what group a repository is in, you have to set its preferred content to something, or git-annex will default to assuming you want the repo to retain all files. + +So, `git annex wanted mintcream standard` and away you go. You'll also want to set that for the other 2 repos probably.. +"""]] diff --git a/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_3_c8cac8d800199ca4d8a65ba72abf678e._comment b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_3_c8cac8d800199ca4d8a65ba72abf678e._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..81b25c8f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_3_c8cac8d800199ca4d8a65ba72abf678e._comment @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="CandyAngel" + ip="81.111.193.130" + subject="comment 3" + date="2014-07-11T10:41:23Z" + content=""" +Ohhh I see! + +I was expecting \"standard\" to be the default because of what vicfg shows.. + + # Repository preferred contents + # (for web) + #wanted 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = standard + # (for test) + #wanted 025d4d21-7648-426c-a406-bb7f27688afe = standard + + # Group preferred contents + # (Used by repositories with \"groupwanted\" in their preferred contents) + #groupwanted archive = standard + #groupwanted backup = standard + #groupwanted client = standard + #groupwanted incrementalbackup = standard + #groupwanted manual = standard + #groupwanted public = standard + #groupwanted smallarchive = standard + #groupwanted source = standard + #groupwanted transfer = standard + +In my experience with configuration files, a commented out line like this: + + #wanted 025d4d21-7648-426c-a406-bb7f27688afe = standard + +without any \"this is an example\" text above it means \"this is the default setting\". Everything in vicfg looks like it is the current settings, rather than just placeholders.. + +I understand why you need to set the wanted explicitly (at least from the command line), but the way information is shown in vicfg led me to interact with it incorrectly. Would it be worth adding a disclaimer that commented lines are examples, not defaults? As far as I am aware, the logic I explained above (commented line == default) is the \"norm\" in *nix configuration files, which would make vicfg non-intuitive. + +All I need to do now is not be so bothered by how messy the git-annex branch looks when the assistant is running things! :D + +Thankies +"""]] diff --git a/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_4_ee5fa8a22d1571b0040aa97c4979ef92._comment b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_4_ee5fa8a22d1571b0040aa97c4979ef92._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..237182879 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_4_ee5fa8a22d1571b0040aa97c4979ef92._comment @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="CandyAngel" + ip="81.111.193.130" + subject="comment 4" + date="2014-07-11T10:57:58Z" + content=""" +Actually, I'm still a little confused. + +If git-annex was presuming I wanted to keep all the files as you say, why were they listed in `git annex find --want-drop` and dropped by `git annex drop --auto`? + +Shouldn't they have been empty and a no-op respectively? + +There seems to be a difference in the behaviour between the command line (wanting to and actually dropping the files) and the assistant (wanting to keep them) for the same settings. +"""]] diff --git a/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_5_eef448b9e3dd1a717430a60d1001a7ee._comment b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_5_eef448b9e3dd1a717430a60d1001a7ee._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..11c690cb7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Assistant_doesn__39__t_check_if_it_can_drop_files/comment_5_eef448b9e3dd1a717430a60d1001a7ee._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.2" + subject="comment 5" + date="2014-07-11T18:27:44Z" + content=""" +The assistant defaults to assuming all files are wanted if there's no preferred content settings, while command-line dropping stuff defaults to assuming no files are wanted (or more accurately, that you'll drop anything you don't want and get anything you do) when there's no preferred content settings. So the default differs, but this only matters when not setting preferred contents. + +I agree that the vicfg could be misread, so have changed it. +"""]] |