From a286ee114b76db22054a71987508d7de834cba63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:29:56 -0400 Subject: indirect: Better behavior when a file in direct mode is not owned by the user running the conversion. --- doc/bugs/git_annex_indirect_can_fail_catastrophically.mdwn | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_annex_indirect_can_fail_catastrophically.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_annex_indirect_can_fail_catastrophically.mdwn index 4da8131b2..34096d894 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/git_annex_indirect_can_fail_catastrophically.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/git_annex_indirect_can_fail_catastrophically.mdwn @@ -69,3 +69,10 @@ index 7835988..ed8ea6c 100644 """]] Any update on this? Why is `-a` used here? -- [[anarcat]] + +> -a is not really the problem. You certianly do usually want +> to commit your changes before converting to direct mode. +> +> [[done]]; now when this happens it catches the exception and +> leaves the file in direct mode, which is the same as it being +> unlocked. --[[Joey]] -- cgit v1.2.3