From 74ee2386714de4de6f7b8954103ae67108ad1dd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ilya_Shlyakhter Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:33:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: temporary manual downgrade of repos to v5 is possible --- ...mment_21_ca9acb1dac5ec6762caed585be21fd9c._comment | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/lets_discuss_git_add_behavior/comment_21_ca9acb1dac5ec6762caed585be21fd9c._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/lets_discuss_git_add_behavior/comment_21_ca9acb1dac5ec6762caed585be21fd9c._comment b/doc/forum/lets_discuss_git_add_behavior/comment_21_ca9acb1dac5ec6762caed585be21fd9c._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7ef82f0232 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/lets_discuss_git_add_behavior/comment_21_ca9acb1dac5ec6762caed585be21fd9c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="Ilya_Shlyakhter" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0" + subject="temporary manual downgrade of repos to v5 is possible" + date="2019-10-22T16:33:22Z" + content=""" +Related: until the v7 issues are resolved, one option is to manually [downgrade](forum/Exactly_what_does_a_v5_to_v7_upgrade_entail__63__/#comment-e1a252807a2200a7c737696abd08d38b) the repos to v5 (turns out it only involves changing a few git config and gitattributes settings) and use an [[pre-7.20190912|news/version_7.20190819]] git-annex version. + +Just to reiterate, I much appreciate @joeyh's work on v7 and [[think|lets_discuss_git_add_behavior/#comment-ffd69d3a710beeac091ef4173b122cdc]] it's an important advance. The v5 downgrade is just a temp option to keep old workflows working, until they can be adapted to v7, which won't be hard to do once the issues discussed above get addressed. + +"""]]