comment & close

doc/todo/__34__git-annex_fix__34___on_untracked__44___but_git-annexy_symlinks.mdwn

@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ This would allow me to do stuff like this:
     $ find -type l -xtype l -print0 | xargs -0 mv -t ~/files_not_found
 
 Admittedly, to do this now, you just have to stage the symlinks before you fix but there may be other situations where this is useful (and I can't think of anything else you would want 'fix --force' to do)..
+
+> Per my comment, this is not a good idea, so [[done]] --[[Joey]]

doc/todo/__34__git-annex_fix__34___on_untracked__44___but_git-annexy_symlinks/comment_1_b795d0bfa64654bf82684da961815cea._comment

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2015-03-27T20:48:07Z"
+ content="""
+Currently git-annex uses git-ls-files to find the files to act on.
+This would requires running git-ls-files twice, once with --others to find
+the files not checked into git.
+
+I don't like the added complexity, the slowdown for everyone else,
+etc. 
+
+Also, I think it's very reasonable that git-annex commands do not
+act on files that are not checked into git (except for git-annex add of
+course). Acting on files that are not checked into git violates least
+surprise.
+
+So, just add the file to git if you want git-annex fix to
+act on it. You don't even have to commit the file, you can just
+stage it in the index, and then un-stage it after git-annex is done with
+it, if for some reason you don't want to check it into git.
+"""]]