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diff --git a/doc/todo/unwanted_repository_version_upgrades.mdwn b/doc/todo/unwanted_repository_version_upgrades.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 88468ec6f..000000000 --- a/doc/todo/unwanted_repository_version_upgrades.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ -Is it possible to freeze or peg repositories at a particular version, or to prevent automatic repository version upgrades? Is it possible to "downgrade" a repository? - -### Please describe the problem. - -We have a number of repositories on a shared file server. These repositories are accessed by multiple machines. Some of these repositories appear to have gotten upgraded and are now unusable on machines running older versions of git-annex. - -We're getting this message: -[[!format sh """ -user@system:/path/to/repository$ git annex status -git-annex: Repository version 5 is not supported. Upgrade git-annex. -"""]] - -The machine experiencing the problem is running Debian Wheezy (Stable). -[[!format sh """ -user@system:/path/to/repository$ git version -git version 1.7.10.4 -user@system:/path/to/repository$ git annex version -git-annex version: 3.20120629 -local repository version: 5 -default repository version: 3 -supported repository versions: 3 -upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 -"""]] - -I'm guessing that one of the machines with access to this repository was running a newer version of git-annex, and that the repository was upgraded in the course of some action. - -> I took this onboard with v6; upgrade to it is currently optional and will -> only become the default once enough years have passed that it's -> reasonable to assume most people have git-annex 6.x installed. -> -> I think at this point it's reasonable to assume most people have -> git-annex 5.x installed, so there's no point in trying to change to v3 to -> v5 forced upgrade at this point. So, [[done]] --[[Joey]] |