[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="joey"
 subject="""comment 6"""
 date="2016-10-31T19:50:06Z"
 content="""
So, I tried your git-annex-remote-dumb. After fixing its calckey to work with the current version of git-annex ...

	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git annex initremote dumb type=external externaltype=dumb  directory=/tmp/dumb encryption=none
	initremote dumb ok
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>echo hello > hello
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git annex add
	add hello ok
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git commit -m add
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git annex move hello --to dumb
	move hello (to dumb...) 
	ok
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>cat /tmp/dumb/hello
	hello
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git mv hello goodbye
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git commit -a -m rename
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>echo oh no > hello
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git annex add hello
	add hello ok
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git commit -a -m foo
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git annex copy hello --to dumb
	copy hello (to dumb...) 
	ok                      
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>cat /tmp/dumb/hello
	oh no
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git annex whereis goodbye
	whereis goodbye (1 copy) 
	   	3ef932e6-0989-46bd-a4c6-86562ed713f5 -- [dumb]
	ok
	joey@darkstar:~/tmp/repo>git annex fsck --from dumb goodbye
	fsck goodbye (fixing location log) 
	  ** Based on the location log, goodbye
	  ** was expected to be present, but its content is missing.
	failed
	(recording state in git...)

So yeah, that's data loss, and it's just the first thing I thought of.

Aside from data loss bugs, /tmp/dumb just can't be kept fully up-to-date
with changes to the working tree. So what's the point of it?
"""]]