diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/todo/auto_remotes.mdwn')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/auto_remotes.mdwn | 29 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/doc/todo/auto_remotes.mdwn b/doc/todo/auto_remotes.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 715dea720..000000000 --- a/doc/todo/auto_remotes.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -It should be possible for clones to learn about how to contact -each other without remotes needing to always be explicitly set -up. Say that `.git-annex/remote.log` is maintained by git-annex -to contain: - - UUID hostname URI - -The URI comes from configured remotes and maybe from -`file://$(pwd)`, or even `ssh://$(hostname -f)` -for the current repo. This format will merge without -conflicts or data loss. - -Then when content is belived to be in a UUID, and no -configured remote has it, the remote.log can be consulted and -URIs that look likely tried. (file:// ones if the hostname -is the same (or maybe always -- a removable drive might tend -to be mounted at the same location on different hosts), -otherwise ssh:// ones.) - -Question: When should git-annex update the remote.log? -(If not just on init.) Whenever it reads in a repo's remotes? - -> This sounds useful and the log should be updated every time any remote is being accessed. A counter or timestamp (yes, distributed times may be wrong/different) could be used to auto-prune old entries via a global and per-remote config setting. -- RichiH - ---- - -I no longer think I'd use this myself, I find that my repositories quickly -grow the paths I actually use, somewhat organically. Unofficial paths -across university quads come to mind. [[done]] --[[Joey]] |