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diff --git a/doc/bugs/old_data_isn__39__t_unused_after_migration.mdwn b/doc/bugs/old_data_isn__39__t_unused_after_migration.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 9d468bdc7..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/old_data_isn__39__t_unused_after_migration.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -Old data isn't listed as unused after migrating backends: - - #!/bin/bash - - BASE=/tmp/migrate-bug-2 - set -x - chmod -R +w $BASE - rm -rf $BASE - mkdir -p $BASE - cd $BASE - - # create annex - git init . - git annex init - - # make a big (sparse) file and add it - dd if=/dev/zero of=bigfile bs=1 count=0 seek=1G - git annex add --backend WORM bigfile - git commit -m 'added bigfile' - - # migrate it - git annex migrate --backend SHA256 bigfile - - # status shows 2 keys taking up 2G - git annex status - - # but nothing is unused - git annex unused - -Output: - - ++ git annex status - supported backends: SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E WORM URL - supported remote types: git S3 bup directory rsync web hook - known repositories: - ede95a82-1166-11e1-a475-475d55eb0f8f -- here - local annex keys: 2 - local annex size: 2 gigabytes - visible annex keys: 1 - visible annex size: 1 gigabyte - backend usage: - WORM: 1 - SHA256: 1 - ++ git annex unused - unused . (checking for unused data...) (checking master...) ok - -The two files are hardlinked, so it's not taking up extra space, but it would be nice to be able to remove the old keys. - -> `git annex unused` checks the content of all branches, and assumes that, -> when a branch contains a file that points to a key, that key is still -> used. In this case, the migration has staged a change to the file, -> but it is not yet committed, so when it checks the master branch, it -> still finds a file referring to the old key. -> -> So, slightly surprising, but not a bug. --[[Joey]] [[done]] - ->> Thanks for the explanation. In my real repository, it was a bit trickier: ->> the migration was commited to `master`, but other *remote* branches still ->> referenced those keys. I was just doing a `git pull` from a central repo, but ->> needed a `git remote update` to remove those references from `remotes/foo/master` too. ->> --Jim - ->>> I have considered making unused ignore remote tracking branches. ->>> On the one hand, it can be a little bit confusing, and those branches ->>> can be out of date. On the other hand, it can be useful to know you're ->>> not dropping anything that some remote might still refer to. --[[Joey]] |