From 0018e5769ee62912656e3c860132089c20b46fca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nobodyinperson Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 16:34:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment --- ...mment_4_b1dbbf57a46c79e8e32885c2ee8f45d2._comment | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/very_slow_on_exfat_drives/comment_4_b1dbbf57a46c79e8e32885c2ee8f45d2._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/very_slow_on_exfat_drives/comment_4_b1dbbf57a46c79e8e32885c2ee8f45d2._comment b/doc/forum/very_slow_on_exfat_drives/comment_4_b1dbbf57a46c79e8e32885c2ee8f45d2._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..27486cb3de --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/very_slow_on_exfat_drives/comment_4_b1dbbf57a46c79e8e32885c2ee8f45d2._comment @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +[[!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. +"""]]