diff --git a/doc/todo/Incremental_fsck_by_default.mdwn b/doc/todo/Incremental_fsck_by_default.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f662549e63 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Incremental_fsck_by_default.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Whenever I do an fsck, it's always annoyed me that you have to think of adding `--incremental` and then also think about whether an incremental fsck was started and interrupted before which would then require `--more` instead. + +Forgetting to add `--incremental` can leave you in a pickle when you later find out that you need to interrupt the fsck, losing all progress. + +I've found myself wondering whether there'd ever be a case where I'd not want an fsck to be resumeable. Could git-annex not just simply always store that information and leave it up to the next fsck execution to decide whether to use it or not? + +I actually don't see much reason to not make use of an incremental fsck either unless it's *really* old but I find this a lot more debatable than at least storing fsck state on each run. + +On that note: There also does not appear to be a documented method to figure out whether a fsck was interrupted before. You could infer existence and date from the annex internal directory structure but seeing the progress requires manual sql. + +Perhaps there could be a `fsck --info` flag for showing both interrupted fsck progress and perhaps also the progress of the current fsck.