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diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_annex_describe_can_break_uuid.log.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_annex_describe_can_break_uuid.log.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..16e6981f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/git_annex_describe_can_break_uuid.log.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +### Please describe the problem. + +`uuid.log` can end up in a state where `git annex describe` (and probably other things) stops working. + +### What steps will reproduce the problem? + +Run `git annex describe` against a remote that is not a an initialized git-annex repo. + +### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +debian-packaged git-annex 4.20131106 on Linux Mint 13/Maya (Ubuntu Precise/12.04) + +### Please provide any additional information below. + +I will follow comments, but can also be found at [[https://microca.st/clacke]]. + +Full transcript to reproduce: + +[[!format sh """ +$ git init a +Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/annex/a/.git/ +$ git init b +Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/annex/b/.git/ +$ cd a/ +$ git annex init +init ok +(Recording state in git...) +$ git remote add -f b ../b +Updating b +$ git annex describe b b # this should not be ok +describe b ok +(Recording state in git...) +$ git annex describe b b +describe b git-annex: Prelude.last: empty list +$ git cat-file blob git-annex:uuid.log + b timestamp=1383987654.900868s +... + +# End of transcript. +"""]] + +> Fixed the bug and made git breakage not crash git-annex. [[done]] +> --[[Joey]] + +> > Update: Also made it automatically clean up the cruft this put in the +> > log. --[[Joey]] |