From c8bd8b2319e0e4d8420cd2f211f108e05a582515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://joeyh.name/" Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:39:37 +0000 Subject: Added a comment --- .../comment_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Can_not_drop_unused_file/comment_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/forum/Can_not_drop_unused_file/comment_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment b/doc/forum/Can_not_drop_unused_file/comment_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4a6eacc51 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Can_not_drop_unused_file/comment_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.68" + subject="comment 1" + date="2014-01-18T22:39:37Z" + content=""" +One reason it might fail (especially if it's not printing any useful message beyond \"(failed)\") is if it thought the file was present in the repositort, but something has happened to it. + +So, I suggest you try: + +git annex fsck --from external + +Followed by dropping again. + +If that doesn't help, I'd recommend stracing the dropping of one of the unused files, and see what's going wrong toward the end. +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3