From 626622da1b60e8352ce1326f2654d2a1d56550c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:07:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] comment --- ..._2_1c73d94cc84bbfdeb65a71995265491f._comment | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/Keeping_a_repo__39__s_description_up_to_date/comment_2_1c73d94cc84bbfdeb65a71995265491f._comment diff --git a/doc/todo/Keeping_a_repo__39__s_description_up_to_date/comment_2_1c73d94cc84bbfdeb65a71995265491f._comment b/doc/todo/Keeping_a_repo__39__s_description_up_to_date/comment_2_1c73d94cc84bbfdeb65a71995265491f._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3f75359f85 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Keeping_a_repo__39__s_description_up_to_date/comment_2_1c73d94cc84bbfdeb65a71995265491f._comment @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 2""" + date="2023-10-25T17:57:50Z" + content=""" +Note that `git-annex describe remote --auto` has a small problem +when the remote is a git ssh remote, that there +may be multiple hostnames, the one that happens to be used locally +might not be as fully qualified as the "right" one. Or it may even be a ssh +host alias, which can't be converted to a FQDN. + +For special remotes, `git-annex initremote` does not set a description at +all, and whatever hostname might be used for one is hidden underneath an +abstraction layer anyway. So it couldn't do anything useful for those. + +So that limits it to local git repositories.. +"""]]