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show how this is not specific to git-annex at all

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Joey Hess 2017-03-02 17:24:49 -04:00
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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="joey"
subject="""comment 1"""
date="2017-03-02T21:20:02Z"
content="""
A simpler way to get to the same end result, without using git-annex
import:
mv ~/foo .
git annex add foo
git reset --hard
Now "foo" is only present in the git-annex object store, and we don't
know what its filename(s) were.
A way to get to the same end result, without using git-annex:
mv ~/foo .
git add foo
git reset --hard
Now "foo" is only present in the git object store, and we don't
know what its filename(s) were.
So, it's not `git-annex import`, or `git-annex add`, or `git add`
that is dangerous here. It's `git reset --hard`.
git will happily lose lots of data until you commit it. Once it's
committed, it's safe. That's the rule of thumb. Nothing much that git-annex
can do about that.
"""]]