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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Weird_behaviour_of_direct_and_indirect_annexes.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Weird_behaviour_of_direct_and_indirect_annexes.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index b3b0eea64..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/Weird_behaviour_of_direct_and_indirect_annexes.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -## What steps will reproduce the problem? - - ~$ git annex webapp - - -* Add Another Local Repository (~/Direct) "Direct", keep separate (from existing repo) no repo type -* Add Repository, ~/Indirect "Indirect", combine (with Direct) , repo type client -* Syncing enabled on both - -Then - - ~/Indirect$ git annex indirect - commit ok - indirect ok - ok - ~/Indirect$ touch ../Direct/Test.File - - -## What is the expected output? What do you see instead? - -That ~/Indirect/Test.File be a symlink into .git/annex/objects/....... - -Instead, it is not a symlink. However, doing - - ~/Indirect$ git annex direct - ~/Indirect$ git annex indirect - -results in what I would expect (until the content of Direct/Test.File is changed, when it ceases to be a symlink in ~/Indirect once more) - - - -## What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? -git-annex version: 4.20130405 - -Ubuntu 12.10 - - -## Please provide any additional information below. - -Reading [[direct_mode]], I thought that I could have two repos on my computer, one direct, and one indirect, and if running the assistant, that I could gain the security of retaining old versions, as well as the convenience of direct mode. (I think I understand that correctly; if a direct-mode file only exists in one repository, and is edited, the old version is lost, but if it is in multiple repos, then the old versions will be retained). - -It seems to me that if I do - - ~/Direct$ echo Content > Test.File - ~/Direct$ echo More Content > Test.File - ~/Direct$ echo Even More Content > Test.File - -that all three copies are stored in ~/Indirect, so the functionality I'm after seems to work. However, ~/Indirect/Test.File ends up not being a symlink, which I think is odd/unexpected. - - -**Edit: Doing a git annex sync in ~/Indirect results in the continuing behaviour to be correct, so there's some issue telling Direct that Indirect is no longer in direct-mode?** -This appears to fix it, but I guess shouldn't be necessary. - -> AFAICS, the entire problem is that the assistant does not notice when the -> repository it's running in is changed from direct to indirect mode. Since this -> has also been reported to cause problems with the assistant, I have added -> a check to prevent it from being done. [[done]] --[[Joey]] |