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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="nobodyinperson"
avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/736a41cd4988ede057bae805d000f4f5"
subject="comment 4"
date="2023-11-16T16:34:12Z"
content="""
Yep, apparently, [exFAT can't do symlinks](https://superuser.com/questions/232257/does-or-will-exfat-support-symlinks).
In general, it is best to use git-annex on non-shitty filesystems or one will run into problems with their limitations -- something git-annex can't really do much about.
But you can work around it by using a bare git repository on the HDD as I mentioned above (see [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/2200662) for how to do that) or to use the HDD just as a directory/rsync special remote from other git-annex repos. In both cases, symlinks are not needed and no expensive slow piping through smudge/clean filters is done. The downside is that you can't work (i.e. add, read, modify files) directly on the HDD, but you only use it as a storage drive.
"""]]