git-annex/doc/todo/Sync_repo_names__63__.mdwn

It's very confusing to me that the same repo viewed from different client systems can have different names and descriptions.  This implies that making changes to a remote repo from one system only affects how that system sees the repo, but it seems to affect how the entire git-annex "pair" or "network of repos" sees it.

I think it would be good if the names and descriptions of repos were synced across clients.

> The descriptions of repositories are synced. (They're stored in git-annex:uuid.log)
> 
> git allows for the same repository to be referred to using as many different remote names as you want to set up. git-annex inherits this,
> and I can't see this changing; there are very good reasons for remotes to
> have this flexability. [[done]]
> --[[Joey]]
2013-11-02 23:14:49 +00:00			`It's very confusing to me that the same repo viewed from different client systems can have different names and descriptions. This implies that making changes to a remote repo from one system only affects how that system sees the repo, but it seems to affect how the entire git-annex "pair" or "network of repos" sees it.`

			`I think it would be good if the names and descriptions of repos were synced across clients.`
respond 2013-11-03 00:48:41 +00:00
			`> The descriptions of repositories are synced. (They're stored in git-annex:uuid.log)`
			`>`
			`> git allows for the same repository to be referred to using as many different remote names as you want to set up. git-annex inherits this,`
			`> and I can't see this changing; there are very good reasons for remotes to`
			`> have this flexability. [[done]]`
			`> --[[Joey]]`