From 9afa8fd468000b2b926fbb0a36ab4297f6b7a8a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlEhzszkzOIy8-Rx8b2mcr75QcnIc6O_OA" Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:17:51 +0000 Subject: Added a comment: webapp/direct --- ...comment_2_bccda88697ab7beec0b9fe9ee0230688._comment | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Links_or_actual_files__63___Confused__33__/comment_2_bccda88697ab7beec0b9fe9ee0230688._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/Links_or_actual_files__63___Confused__33__/comment_2_bccda88697ab7beec0b9fe9ee0230688._comment b/doc/forum/Links_or_actual_files__63___Confused__33__/comment_2_bccda88697ab7beec0b9fe9ee0230688._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c6a851eff --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Links_or_actual_files__63___Confused__33__/comment_2_bccda88697ab7beec0b9fe9ee0230688._comment @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlEhzszkzOIy8-Rx8b2mcr75QcnIc6O_OA" + nickname="Rachel" + subject="webapp/direct" + date="2013-09-12T18:17:51Z" + content=""" +well, i did it using the webapp both times; i've barely scratched at the git-annex commandline so far. + +However... I then tried to repeat it on another linux box (running ubuntu saucy and the version of git-annex in that repo) and it worked as expected: Real files in the annex directory, ie: as I understand it, direct mode. + +So, went back to the first linux box (running ubuntu raring), and cleared everything off, quit and started again, doing the same thing again, and *it* did the direct mode thing itself this time. + +Which I think leaves me with it the way I want it. :-) + +My only guess is, maybe it got set up in non-direct mode when I first started using the older git-annex in the raring repos, before failing with the bad comment in ssh public key bug, at which point I switched to the downloaded-today tarball and just tried to resume. Starting from scratch with the newer version worked. + +I'm sure more questions to come later; am a Dropbox fugitive by way of ownCloud (won't-fix bug on version upgrades) basically trying to replicate that kind of convenience. But those are for other postings. +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3 From ba5e394cdda23a1ce9bfad77b830b79e4a035921 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat" Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:21:31 +0000 Subject: --- doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn b/doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn index bfcfa73e5..5507fc499 100644 --- a/doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn @@ -86,3 +86,5 @@ Implementation notes > so just showing configured remotes seems a good simplification. > [[done]] > --[[Joey]] + +> > I would have prefered this to be optional since I don't explicitely configure all remotes in git, especially if I can't reach them all the time (e.g. my laptop). It seems to me this should at least be an option, but I am confused as to why `Remote.List.remoteList` doesn't list all remotes the same way `Remote.remote_list` does... Also, it's unfortunate that the +/!/count flags have been dropped, it would have been useful... Thanks for the merge anyways! --[[done]] -- cgit v1.2.3 From 3dea16b7665ec9a8b3d26bf8fb4b4230dd7b9dac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat" Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:18:50 +0000 Subject: make my concerns more explicit --- doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn b/doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn index 5507fc499..871eee01a 100644 --- a/doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/nicer_whereis_output.mdwn @@ -88,3 +88,13 @@ Implementation notes > --[[Joey]] > > I would have prefered this to be optional since I don't explicitely configure all remotes in git, especially if I can't reach them all the time (e.g. my laptop). It seems to me this should at least be an option, but I am confused as to why `Remote.List.remoteList` doesn't list all remotes the same way `Remote.remote_list` does... Also, it's unfortunate that the +/!/count flags have been dropped, it would have been useful... Thanks for the merge anyways! --[[done]] +> > +> > The more I look at this, the more i think there are a few things wrong with the new `remotes` command. +> > +> > 1. the name is confusing: being a git addict, I would expect the `git annex remote` command to behave like the `git remote` command: list remotes, add remotes, remove remotes and so on. it would actually be useful to have such a command (which would replace `initremote`, I guess). i recommend replacing the current `whereis` command, even if enabled through a special flag +> > +> > 2. its behavior is inconsistent with other git annex commands: `git annex status`, for example, lists information about all remotes, regardless of whether they are configured in git. `remotes` (whatever it's called), should do the same, or at least provide an option to allow the user to list files on all remotes. The way things stand, there is no way to list files on non-git remotes, even if they are added explicitely as a remote, if the remote is not actually reachable: the files are just marked as absent (even thought `whereis` actually finds them). i recommend showing all remotes regardless, either opt-in or opt-out using a flag. +> > +> > 3. having the `!` flag, at least, would be useful because it would allow users to intuitively grep for problematic files without having to learn extra syntax. same with + and having an explicit count. +> > +> > thanks. --[[anarcat]] -- cgit v1.2.3