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diff --git a/doc/bugs/inconsistent_use_of_SI_prefixes.mdwn b/doc/bugs/inconsistent_use_of_SI_prefixes.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..df7fc5fb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/inconsistent_use_of_SI_prefixes.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +### Please describe the problem. + +`git annex status` inconsistently uses mebi (SI) and giga (informal) prefixes. + +### What steps will reproduce the problem? + +Example: + +[[!format txt """ +anarcat@marcos:mp3$ git annex status +supported backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 WORM URL +supported remote types: git S3 bup directory rsync web glacier hook +repository mode: direct +trusted repositories: 0 +semitrusted repositories: 2 + 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 -- web + b7802161-c984-4c9f-8d05-787a29c41cfe -- here (anarcat@marcos:/srv/mp3) +untrusted repositories: 0 +transfers in progress: none +available local disk space: 31.93 gigabytes (+1 megabyte reserved) +local annex keys: 19913 +local annex size: 111.08 gigabytes +known annex keys: 20085 +known annex size: 111.38 gigabytes +bloom filter size: 16 mebibytes (3.1% full) +backend usage: + SHA256E: 39998 +"""]] + +Notice `mebibytes` and `gigabytes`. It is unclear whether those are gigabytes (1000^3) or gibibytes (1024^3). + +### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +4.20130802~bpo70+2, Debian wheezy. + +### Please provide any additional information below. + +nil. --[[anarcat]] + +> git-annex consistently uses the powers of ten units +> for disk storage sizes. Its "gigabyte" is the SI gigabyte. +> +> It uses the absurdly named units for powers of 2 for memory sizes, +> in the few places it deals with memory (probably only the above bloom +> filter size number). +> +> AFAIK I am complying with all relevant standards and best practices. +> Even though I consider them rather dumb, as is clear if you +> [read the opionated source code I wrote to handle this](). +> +> If git-annex used "gibibyte", the numbers it reports for disk size +> would not match the numbers disk vendors and most tools use. +> +> [[bug_is_in_world_not_in_git-annex|done]] --[[Joey]] + |