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-As you can see, I'm running a pretty recent build of git-annex (ac799c3f363e0008b23e9c174e6fedc35e6fa92a),
-
- $ git annex version
- git-annex version: 3.20120630
- local repository version: 3
- default repository version: 3
- supported repository versions: 3
- upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2
-
-We have a file here which isn't currently available yet isn't
-currently available (the link is shown in red),
-
- $ ls -l plot.py
- lrwxrwxrwx 1 ben ben 77 Jul 6 14:01 plot.py -> ../.git/annex/objects/WORM:1301941019:720:plot.py/WORM:1301941019:720:plot.py
- $
-
-Yet git-annex should be able to tell us where it is,
-
- $ git-annex whereis plot.py
- $
-
-Hmm, well that's strange. What's happening here,
-
- $ git-annex whereis plot.py -d
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","show-ref","git-annex"]
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","show-ref","--hash","refs/heads/git-annex"]
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","log","refs/heads/git-annex..d5582e05f41011b571a17003934fe9e40859e4be","--oneline","-n1"]
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","cat-file","--batch"]
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","ls-files","--cached","-z","--","plot.py"]
- $
-
-Alright, well maybe `git-annex get` will work,
-
- $ git annex get plot.py -d
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","ls-files","--cached","-z","--","plot.py"]
- $ ls -l plot.py
- lrwxrwxrwx 1 ben ben 77 Jul 6 14:01 plot.py -> ../.git/annex/objects/WORM:1301941019:720:plot.py/WORM:1301941019:720:plot.py
-
-Nope, the link is still shown in red.
-
-Alright, what about `git-annex copy`?
-
- $ git annex copy plot.py --from=goldnerlab --to=here -d
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","show-ref","git-annex"]
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","show-ref","--hash","refs/heads/git-annex"]
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","log","refs/heads/git-annex..d5582e05f41011b571a17003934fe9e40859e4be","--oneline","-n1"]
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","cat-file","--batch"]
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","ls-files","--cached","-z","--","plot.py"]
- $ ls -l plot.py
- lrwxrwxrwx 1 ben ben 77 Jul 6 14:01 plot.py -> ../.git/annex/objects/WORM:1301941019:720:plot.py/WORM:1301941019:720:plot.py
-
-Still red.
-
-Alright, what if I just try to get a non-existent file?
-
- $ git annex get adsflkah -d
- git ["--git-dir=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data/.git","--work-tree=/home/ben/lori/analysis/data","ls-files","--cached","-z","--","adsflkah"]
- $
-
-Alright, it didn't fail with an error, that's very strange. What is going on here?
-
-[[!meta title="v1 file is ignored"]]
-
-> I don't think I want to make git-annex deal with v1 files, and
-> I doubt there are many repos left using them. This seems to be a case
-> of an upgrade not being done, for whatever reason. Closing [[done]]
-> --[[Joey]]