From 4816cfc104fced340a8bfe5dfd0e5cbee31f3acd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ericm Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:18:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- ...running_git-annex-add_or_git-annex-status.mdwn | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/PDF-related_error_when_running_git-annex-add_or_git-annex-status.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/PDF-related_error_when_running_git-annex-add_or_git-annex-status.mdwn b/doc/forum/PDF-related_error_when_running_git-annex-add_or_git-annex-status.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0200168519 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/PDF-related_error_when_running_git-annex-add_or_git-annex-status.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +When I run either "git annex add" or "git annex status" on a repository with PDF files, I'm getting the following errors: + + Syntax Warning: May not be a PDF file (continuing anyway) + Syntax Error: Couldn't read xref table + Syntax Warning: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table... + Syntax Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary + Syntax Error: Couldn't read xref table + +I checked the PDFs and I can open them. + +What is triggerring these errors? Frequently these errors freezes the git-annex process and I have no choice but to kill one by one all the spawned git processes. + +Again, I'm in Windows 7, using Git 2.28.0.windows.1 and git-annex 8.20200815-g335aae266 on a newly-created repository in an NTFS partition. + +