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diff --git a/doc/bugs/not_possible_to_have_annex_on_a_separate_filesystem.mdwn b/doc/bugs/not_possible_to_have_annex_on_a_separate_filesystem.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 7daf03284..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/not_possible_to_have_annex_on_a_separate_filesystem.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -I belive I have found a regression. - -Inspired by -<http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/performance_improvement:_git_on_ssd__44___annex_on_spindle_disk/> -I tried to only have .git/annex/objects (also tested moving .git/annex) on NFS while having the rest on local SSD disk. - -But when trying to add files i get: - - > git annex add testfile - add testfile (checksum...) - git-annex: testfile: rename: unsupported operation (Invalid cross-device link) - failed - git-annex: add: 1 failed - -I have tried both using bind-mount and with a sym-link. - -> Grepping for `renameFile` and `createLink` will find all the places -> in git-annex that assume one filesystem. These would have to be changed -> to catch errors and fall back to expensive copying. -> -> Putting a separate repository on the file server could work better -> depending on what you're trying to do. --[[Joey]] - ->> I've added support for putting `.git/annex` on a separate filesystem ->> from the rest of the git repository. ->> ->> Putting individual subdirectories like `.git/annex/objects` on separate ->> filesystems from other subdirectories is not fully supported; it may ->> work but it may be slow and a few things (like `git annex migrate`) are ->> known to fail due to using hard links. I don't think this is worth ->> supporting. [[done]] ->> --[[Joey]] |