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Joey Hess 2018-05-23 15:44:29 -04:00
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@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Seems like this would need Windows 10.
> Also, see this important caveat:
> <https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/commandline/2016/11/17/do-not-change-linux-files-using-windows-apps-and-tools/>
>
> WSL is currently rather annoying to enable. *If* it became easy enough
> March 2017: WSL is currently rather annoying to enable. *If* it became easy enough
> to enable, note that "bash -c git-annex" works from a windows command
> prompt, and would probably work in a .bat file as well, so git-annex from
> the WSL could be transparently used on the windows side.
@ -117,3 +117,31 @@ Seems like this would need Windows 10.
> --foreground` does run, but while it notices when new files are added, it
> does not notice when existing files get modified. Probably an inotify
> emulation bug. --[[Joey]]
>
> > Update May 2018: With the latest MS Edge VirtualBox image,
> > enabling WSL was much easier than before, just a matter of checking a
> > single box and a reboot. No need to enable developer mode first.
> > (Don't know if this will apply to commercial Windows 10 or only this
> > VM image.)
> >
> > Then bash was available in the menu, but it said no distro installed,
> > and gave an url to a "Store" where Ubuntu, Debian, etc
> > could be installed.
> >
> > git-annex test had a failure this time, something to do with disk
> > IO error and sqlite.
> >
> > The assistant can run as a daemon now. It still doesn't notice some changes.
> > Eg with "rm foo; echo new > foo", it got an inotify event for the removal,
> > but missed the new creation.
> >
> > Running `git annex assistant` when the assistant is running
> > complains of a stale pid file, with the wrong pid number, but it
> > doesn't start a second one.
> >
> > webapp still can't open a web browser, but there's a way to do
> > it from within WSL that it should be possible for it to use:
> > `powershell.exe Start http://google.com`
> > ("powershell.exe" is in PATH)
> >
> > --[[Joey]]