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diff --git a/doc/devblog/day_44__automatic_removable_drive_repair.mdwn b/doc/devblog/day_44__automatic_removable_drive_repair.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..444cf5f2e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devblog/day_44__automatic_removable_drive_repair.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Finally got the assistant to repair git repositories on removable drives, +or other local repos. Mostly this happens entirely automatically, whatever +data in the git repo on the drive has been corrupted can just be copied +to it from `~/annex/.git`. + +And, the assistant will launch a git fsck of such a repo whenever it fails +to sync with it, so the user does not even need to schedule periodic fscks. +Although it's still a good idea, since some git repository problems don't +prevent syncing from happening. + +Watching git annex heal problems like this is quite cool! + +One thing I had to defer till later is repairing corrupted gcrypt +repositories. I don't see a way to do it without deleting all the objects +in the gcrypt repository, and re-pushing everything. And even doing that +is tricky, since the `gcrypt-id` needs to stay the same. |