From 10e6b0ffdef1db6739ea78476591febae45a6857 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: atrent Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 07:37:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- .../detox___34__destroys__34___annex.mdwn | 32 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/detox___34__destroys__34___annex.mdwn diff --git a/doc/bugs/detox___34__destroys__34___annex.mdwn b/doc/bugs/detox___34__destroys__34___annex.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5fe9810eab --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/detox___34__destroys__34___annex.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +### Please describe the problem. + +I accidentally (my fault!) run detox (batch file renamer to eliminate spaces etc.) on a git-annex dir, alas detox substitutes every "--" with "-", thus "destroying" my annex. Of course the objects are still there, just renamed so that the symlinks are now all broken. + +I solved it by copying the objects back from my backup (I have many rsynced backups) since I was too lazy to write a script to rename all the files... + +A good solution would be to provide a general script (or there is one already?) to try to recover situations like this one, maybe using shatag to identify data objects. + +### What steps will reproduce the problem? + +Just run detox -vr (verbose, recursive) on an annex + +### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +5.20150819+g + +Linux + +### Please provide any additional information below. + +[[!format sh """ +# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here. +# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log + + +# End of transcript or log. +"""]] + +### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders) + + +I currently have about a dozen annexes, local and remote (nfs, git), no other big problem apart from lac of speed when syncing