From 164eb2fbae4f3b9778719f7708bd2b095f1fd701 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lealanko Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 13:11:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment --- .../comment_1_854786810dc4246cdaa38ff10c55bbca._comment | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Layout_mismatch_between_symlinks_and_annex_objects/comment_1_854786810dc4246cdaa38ff10c55bbca._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/Layout_mismatch_between_symlinks_and_annex_objects/comment_1_854786810dc4246cdaa38ff10c55bbca._comment b/doc/forum/Layout_mismatch_between_symlinks_and_annex_objects/comment_1_854786810dc4246cdaa38ff10c55bbca._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d4565f25b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Layout_mismatch_between_symlinks_and_annex_objects/comment_1_854786810dc4246cdaa38ff10c55bbca._comment @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="lealanko" + subject="comment 1" + date="2015-09-06T13:11:44Z" + content=""" +I think I figured it out: the repository was originally [[bare|bare repositories]], and I converted it to non-bare manually. But that doesn't work, because bare annex repositories use [[a different directory layout|internals/hashing]]. + +I can understand why the hex-based layout is preferred (it's more portable), but deliberate incompatibility with the symlinks isn't very nice. I wish there was a way to upgrade the entire repository to a format that used the hex paths for symlinks, so bare and non-bare repositories used the same layout. +"""]]