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diff --git a/doc/bugs/cannot_determine_uuid_for_origin.mdwn b/doc/bugs/cannot_determine_uuid_for_origin.mdwn index 1d617a77b..6d032c630 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/cannot_determine_uuid_for_origin.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/cannot_determine_uuid_for_origin.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +[[!toc]] + ### Please describe the problem. I get this error when trying to copy annexed files from my laptop to the bare repository on my server: @@ -13,7 +15,15 @@ Here's my setup: * `marcos-bare`: a bare git repository where i ran `git annex init` on a different server (`marcos`) (in `~anarcat/repos/presentations/ohm2013.git`) * `marcos-checkout`: a checkout of the above repository on marcos (in `~anarcat/presentations/ohm2013`) -I ran `git pull/push` everwhere in there, and still get the error +I ran `git pull/push` everwhere in there, and still get the error. + +Remotes on all repos: + + * `angela`: `origin anarcat.ath.cx:repos/presentations/ohm2013.git` + * `marcos-bare`: no remote + * `marcos-checkout`: `origin /home/anarcat/repos/presentations/ohm2013.git` + +Note that file added with `git annex addurl` on `marcos-checkout` properly gets propagated on `angela` once i do `git annex get` there. ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? @@ -72,3 +82,41 @@ known annex size: 0 bytes bloom filter size: 16 mebibytes (0% full) backend usage: """]] + +### Workaround! + +I found that I could succesfully push to the non-bare repo, like this: + +[[!format txt """ +anarcat@angela:ohm2013$ git remote add marcos-checkout ssh://anarcat.ath.cx/~/presentations/ohm2013 +anarcat@angela:ohm2013$ git fetch marcos-checkout +From ssh://anarcat.ath.cx/~/presentations/ohm2013 + * [new branch] git-annex -> marcos-checkout/git-annex + * [new branch] master -> marcos-checkout/master +anarcat@angela:ohm2013$ git annex copy AlerteRouge.webm --to marcos-checkout +copy AlerteRouge.webm (checking marcos-checkout...) (to marcos-checkout...) +SHA256E-s138903105--a69db8d4c3835b03bdb08cb1cccfde5c76f586f934d63283694e7101b25352a8.webm +[...] +"""]] + +It seems that git-annex doesn't like bare repos at all... + +### Fix + +It seems that my problem was specifically related to [[bare repositories]], which are not well supported historically. There has been other reports of problems in the past, which I missed in my search because symptoms were different: + + * [[bugs/bare git repos]] + * [[forum/get and copy with bare repositories]] + +Yet while I was able to do `git annex get --all` *from* the `marcos-bare` repository, I still get the original error message while trying to `git annex copy -t marcos-bare`, which is pretty annoying considering the original files are on my laptop, which is not publicly accessible. So I basically need to add the `marcos-checkout` as a remote, copy there, then get from the bare repo to make this work, which is a rather convoluted way of doing things. :) + +It seems to me a proper fix would be to be able to `git annex copy --to marcos-bare`. Thanks! + +Update: it seems te problem was that I had the following in my `.git/config`: + + [remote "marcos-bare"] + url = ssh://anarcat.ath.cx/~/repos/presentations/ohm2013.git + annex-ignore = true + fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/marcos-bare/* + +I have *no* idea how that `annex-ignore` got there, but that was the root of my problem. Removing it it allowed my to do `git annex copy`. I really don't know how this happened, but I guess this is [[done]], although I believe this error message is really confusing and could be improved. |