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diff --git a/doc/todo/autoenable__61__true_for_special_remotes.mdwn b/doc/todo/autoenable__61__true_for_special_remotes.mdwn index 8b0f01962..7e93ded0d 100644 --- a/doc/todo/autoenable__61__true_for_special_remotes.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/autoenable__61__true_for_special_remotes.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,20 @@ Just passing along from https://github.com/datalad/datalad/issues/77#issuecomment-134688459 joey: I do think there could be a use case for configuring a special remote with autoenable=true and have git-annex init try to enable all such remotes. + +> [[done]], I made both `git init` and `git annex reinit` auto-enable +> such special remotes. For now, the assistant does not (could change). +> +> There was also the question of what to do when git-annex auto-inits +> in a clone of a repository. It wouldn't do for a command like +> `git annex find`'s output to include any messages that might be shown while +> auto-enabling special remotes as a result of an auto-init. +> Since I can't guarantee enabling special remotes will be quiet, I've not +> tried to auto-enable special remotes in this case. +> +> I think I'd have to +> exec a git-annex init process with stdout sent to stderr to implement +> this in a safe way, and due to calls to ensureInitialized in Remote.Git, +> which can auto-init a local remote, that gets particularly tricky. Best, I +> feel, to wait and see if anyone needs that. +--[[Joey]] |