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diff --git a/doc/todo/link_file_to_remote_repo_feature.mdwn b/doc/todo/link_file_to_remote_repo_feature.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index d6b41e805..000000000 --- a/doc/todo/link_file_to_remote_repo_feature.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ -I have two repos, using SHA1 backend and both using git. -The first one is a laptop, the second one is a usb drive. - -When I drop a file on the laptop repo, the file is not available on that repo until I run *git annex get* -But when the usb drive is plugged in the file is actually available. - -How about adding a feature to link some/all files to the remote repo? - -e.g. -We have *railscasts/196-nested-model-form-part-1.mp4* file added to git, and only available on the usb drive: - - $ git annex whereis 196-nested-model-form-part-1.mp4 - whereis 196-nested-model-form-part-1.mp4 (1 copy) - a7b7d7a4-2a8a-11e1-aebc-d3c589296e81 -- origin (Portable usb drive) - -I can see the link with: - - $ cd railscasts - $ ls -ls 196* - 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 framallo staff 193 Dec 20 05:49 196-nested-model-form-part-1.mp4 -> ../.git/annex/objects/Wz/6P/SHA256-s16898930--43679c67cd968243f58f8f7fb30690b5f3f067574e318d609a01613a2a14351e/SHA256-s16898930--43679c67cd968243f58f8f7fb30690b5f3f067574e318d609a01613a2a14351e - -I save this in a variable just to make the example more clear: - - ID=".git/annex/objects/Wz/6P/SHA256-s16898930--43679c67cd968243f58f8f7fb30690b5f3f067574e318d609a01613a2a14351e/SHA256-s16898930--43679c67cd968243f58f8f7fb30690b5f3f067574e318d609a01613a2a14351e" - -The file doesn't exist on the local repo: - - $ ls ../$ID - ls: ../$ID: No such file or directory - -however I can create a link to access that file on the remote repo. -First I create a needed dir: - - $ mkdir ../.git/annex/objects/Wz/6P/SHA256-s16898930--43679c67cd968243f58f8f7fb30690b5f3f067574e318d609a01613a2a14351e/ - -Then I link to the remote file: - - $ ln -s /mnt/usb_drive/repo_folder/$ID ../$ID - -now I can open the file in the laptop repo. - - -I think it could be easy to implement. Maybe It's a naive approach, but looks apealing. -Checking if it's a real file or a link shouldn't impact on performance. -The limitation is that it would work only with remote repos on local dirs - -Also allows you to have one directory structure like AFS or other distributed FS. If the file is not local I go to the remote server. -Which is great for apps like Picasa, Itunes, and friends that depends on the file location. - -> This is a duplicate of [[union_mounting]]. So closing it: [[done]]. -> -> It's a good idea, but making sure git-annex correctly handles these links in all cases is a subtle problem that has not yet been tackled. --[[Joey]] |