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In a true dropbox-like fashion, I tried to import my entire homefolder into the git-annex assistant. However, it seems that git-annex breaks on the several git repositories I've got checked out in my "Projects" folder. Is this a possible use case, or should I look at other tools to perform this with?

> [[done]]; use a tarball or see extensive discussion here: 
> <http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/Can__39__t_add_a_git_repo_to_git_annex:___34__Invalid_path_repo__47__.git__47__X__34___for_many_X/>
> --[[Joey]]
2012-10-19 17:47:17 +00:00			`In a true dropbox-like fashion, I tried to import my entire homefolder into the git-annex assistant. However, it seems that git-annex breaks on the several git repositories I've got checked out in my "Projects" folder. Is this a possible use case, or should I look at other tools to perform this with?`
bug triage; add new 'confirmed' tag 2014-05-24 20:29:41 +00:00
			`> [[done]]; use a tarball or see extensive discussion here:`
			`> <http://git-annex.branchable.com/bugs/Can__39__t_add_a_git_repo_to_git_annex:___34__Invalid_path_repo__47__.git__47__X__34___for_many_X/>`
			`> --[[Joey]]`