diff --git a/doc/bugs/__96__git_annex_import__96___does_not_work_on_other_git_annex_repositories.mdwn b/doc/bugs/__96__git_annex_import__96___does_not_work_on_other_git_annex_repositories.mdwn index 622c67cead..1580cee812 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/__96__git_annex_import__96___does_not_work_on_other_git_annex_repositories.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/__96__git_annex_import__96___does_not_work_on_other_git_annex_repositories.mdwn @@ -96,3 +96,18 @@ To add insult to injury, this does "work": drwxr-xr-x 4 richih richih 38 Sep 24 01:45 .. drwxr-xr-x 8 richih richih 152 Sep 24 01:45 .git richih@eudyptes (git)-[master] ~/killme/git-annex-import/bar % + +> I have made git-annex import skip .git directories. Of course, +> running it on *any* directory without the --duplicate option +> will result in it moving data to git-annex, so is not advisable +> to do that if you want to keep the data in the directory where it was. +> +> I am doubtful about special-casing git-annex import to do something +> else when told to import a git-annex repository. It seems a bit of a +> slippery slope to it getting very complicated, which we seem to already be +> further down than I would like. If people are this pissed off about +> git-annex import's behavior, +> I would be inclined to *remove* it. Then you can use `mv` and `git annex +> add`. I originally wrote git-annex import just to avoid needing to run +> those 2 commands myself, and I can make my own local shell script +> to do that... --[[Joey]]