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diff --git a/doc/tips/How_To_Permanently_Delete_a_File__63__/comment_2_d13b456c5b3990082c16e78a50f5db91._comment b/doc/tips/How_To_Permanently_Delete_a_File__63__/comment_2_d13b456c5b3990082c16e78a50f5db91._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..959ac282f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/How_To_Permanently_Delete_a_File__63__/comment_2_d13b456c5b3990082c16e78a50f5db91._comment @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmwjQzWgiD7_I3zw-_91rMRf_6qoThupis" + nickname="Mike" + subject="comment 2" + date="2014-10-09T18:02:59Z" + content=""" +Tried another approach: + +``git annex unannex <file>; rm <file>`` + +This does not delete the original, and it only works if you do ``git annex get <file>`` first. It won't update the remote, unless you cd into that remote and run ``git annex sync`` there. After that there is the illusion the file is done, but its content is still in .git/annex/objects. In my test case I could vim into the file in question in the objects directory and it was still there. + +So ``git annex drop`` deletes both copies of duplicate files and so is too dangerous to use and ``git annex unannex`` doesn't delete the file anywhere. I am a little stuck here, what do I do? +"""]] |