2021-04-13 17:41:36 +00:00
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Make git-annex forget --drop-dead also remove log files for keys that have
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been marked as dead.
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This would have the benefit of reducing the size of the git-annex branch.
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Also it would eliminate mention of the key in the git-annex branch's
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history.
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Although whether it would actually delete *all* mention of a key is a bit
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hard to guarantee. Can remove all the log files that are specific to a key,
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like presence and metadata and chunks and remote state. But, the export.log
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refers to trees, and somewhere in a tree there could be a reference to a
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2021-04-13 18:41:27 +00:00
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dead key.
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Eg, if a file was exported to a remote, and then its key marked dead, the
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file could still be on the remote, and the export.log needs to keep its
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reference to that tree, until some other tree is exported that deletes that
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file. So this is a not very likely, but possible, way for the git-annex
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branch to still mention a dead key after --drop-dead. Could rewrite the
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tree as well, but now it's getting complicated indeed.
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