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diff --git a/doc/todo/direct_mode_guard.mdwn b/doc/todo/direct_mode_guard.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a380a9abc --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/direct_mode_guard.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Currently [[/direct_mode]] allows the user to point many normally safe +git commands at his foot and pull the trigger. At LCA2013, a git-annex +user suggested modifying direct mode to make this impossible. + +One way to do it would be to move the .git directory. Instead, make there +be a .git-annex directory in direct mode repositories. git-annex would know +how to use it, and would be extended to support all known safe git +commands, passing parameters through, and in some cases verifying them. + +So, for example, `git annex commit` would run `git commit --git-dir=.git-annex` + +However, `git annex commit -a` would refuse to run, or even do something +intelligent that does not involve staging every direct mode file. + +--[[Joey]] |