From 4176b335a6d88b6240b4af4b7f6fd7cd7c6f31a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 16:39:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] implelented in v8 --- ...5_ef22ff9e2e507931baee09bf536fc5df._comment | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/making_it_easier_to_smudge_dotfiles/comment_5_ef22ff9e2e507931baee09bf536fc5df._comment diff --git a/doc/todo/making_it_easier_to_smudge_dotfiles/comment_5_ef22ff9e2e507931baee09bf536fc5df._comment b/doc/todo/making_it_easier_to_smudge_dotfiles/comment_5_ef22ff9e2e507931baee09bf536fc5df._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..123bcd7a50 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/making_it_easier_to_smudge_dotfiles/comment_5_ef22ff9e2e507931baee09bf536fc5df._comment @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 5""" + date="2019-12-26T20:34:02Z" + content=""" +I've implemented annex.dotfiles in the `v8` branch. + +I did not tie it to annex.largefiles in the end, spwhitton is right. + +`git-annex add` behavior around dotfiles did change in a potentially +surprising way, since dotfiles are assumed to be non-large, they get added +to git. Users who have dotfiles that are large (or dotdirs containing large +files) will need to configure annex.largefiles and annex.dotfiles to avoid +those files being added to git. But, I don't think that will affect many +users, and it avoided a lot of complexity. At least such users can use this +and other semi-recent git-annex configs to avoid `git add` adding their +large dotfiles directly to git. +"""]]