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Joey Hess 2023-06-23 14:30:37 -04:00
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@ -18,4 +18,14 @@ This seems like a prerequisite for [[remove_legacy_import_directory_interface]]
`git-annex import --deduplicate` and `--clean-duplicates` need to remove individual files `git-annex import --deduplicate` and `--clean-duplicates` need to remove individual files
from the remote. from the remote.
> Note that doing this with an importtree=yes remote would
> result, after import, in the remote tracking branch having the file
> deleted. That could be surprising when merged, since it would delete
> the file from master!
>
> I think this problem can be avoided by rewriting the remote tracking
> branch's previous commit to not include the file that got deleted. Then
> merging would need --allow-unrelated-histories, but would not cause the
> file to be deleted from master.
[[!tag confirmed]] [[!tag confirmed]]