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diff --git a/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn b/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 2d98929ab..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/uninit_does_not_abort_when_hard_link_creation_fails.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -> What steps will reproduce the problem? - -Issue the following commands on a file system where hard links are disabled: - - $ touch foo - - $ ln foo bar # just to check that hard links are disabled - ln: failed to create hard link `bar' => `foo': Operation not permitted - - $ git init && git annex init - - $ git annex add . - - $ git annex uninit - unannex foo - git-annex: [...]: createLink: permission denied (Operation not permitted) - failed - Deleted branch git-annex [...]. - - $ echo $? # exit status of last command - 0 - - $ ls foo - ls: cannot access foo: No such file or directory - - -> What is the expected output? What do you see instead? - -`git annex uninit` should abort and exit with a non-`0` return code. Instead, `git annex uninit` cleans up git-annex objects and exits with return code `0`. - - -> What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? - -3.20120406 on Ubuntu 12.04.1. - - -> Please provide any additional information below. - -git-annex should probably not be used on a file system where hard links are disabled. - -However, if the user is not aware that he's using git-annex on such a filesystem, he will accidently delete his annexed files by issuing a `git annex uninit` command. - -> git-annex needs a POSIX filesystem, which includes the ability to create -> hard links. The `git annex add` in the example above will fail -> trying to create a hard link with current versions. -> -> I've made uninit fall back to a non-hard link mode. [[done]] --[[Joey]] |