From 18141157d8ab97c55c99f48c6bf2a9d4d97e6352 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jimparis Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:41:34 +0000 Subject: Added a comment --- .../comment_1_f6f4be7161d4c35c7de1d9751ddbd3c3._comment | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/git_annex_file_content_replaced_with_symlink_content/comment_1_f6f4be7161d4c35c7de1d9751ddbd3c3._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/git_annex_file_content_replaced_with_symlink_content/comment_1_f6f4be7161d4c35c7de1d9751ddbd3c3._comment b/doc/forum/git_annex_file_content_replaced_with_symlink_content/comment_1_f6f4be7161d4c35c7de1d9751ddbd3c3._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c55ee2d95 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/git_annex_file_content_replaced_with_symlink_content/comment_1_f6f4be7161d4c35c7de1d9751ddbd3c3._comment @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="jimparis" + subject="comment 1" + date="2016-08-16T14:41:34Z" + content=""" +It seems like that is how [OSX stores symlinks on FAT filesystems](https://opensource.apple.com/source/msdosfs/msdosfs-185.2/msdosfs.kextproj/msdosfs.kmodproj/fat.h?txt) and how [Samba stores symlinks on Windows](https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/UNIX_Extensions#Storing_symlinks_on_Windows_servers). Did you initially make the drive on one of those systems? Using the same system again would probably make them appear like normal usable symlinks. + +At the very least, since you said `.git/annex` is full of data, I think you should be able to find the photo at the location listed in the last line of those files: + +``` +../.git/annex/objects/5F/Xw/SHA256E-s2499217--ad9525adf9a82e4ac83c89fd2bddfd2b2aef690ccbbddf38d91abc85f72509f6.jpg/SHA256E-s2499217--ad9525adf9a82e4ac83c89fd2bddfd2b2aef690ccbbddf38d91abc85f72509f6.jpg +``` + +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3