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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/recover_data_from_lost+found.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/recover_data_from_lost+found.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6e2c24148 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/walkthrough/recover_data_from_lost+found.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Suppose something goes wrong, and fsck puts all the files in lost+found. +It's actually very easy to recover from this disaster. + +First, check out the git repository again. Then, in the new checkout: + + mkdir recovered-content + sudo mv ../lost+found/* recovered-content + git annex add recovered-content + git rm recovered-content + git commit -m "recovered some content" + git annex fsck + +The way that works is that when git-annex adds the same content that was in +the repository before, all the old links to that content start working +again. This works particularly well if the SHA1 backend is used, but even +with the default backend it will work pretty well, as long as fsck +preserved the modification time of the files. |