mirrors/git-annex
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Packages 1 Wiki Activity Actions

update

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Joey Hess 2012-06-05 19:03:39 -04:00
parent b5c617b623
commit 77188ff04d
1 changed files with 11 additions and 16 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

27
doc/design/assistant/inotify.mdwn
View file

@ -51,34 +51,29 @@ Many races need to be dealt with by this code. Here are some of them.
* File is added and then removed before the add event has finished
processing it.
Minor problem; When the add's processing of the file (checksum and so
**Minor problem**; When the add's processing of the file (checksum and so
on) fails due to it going away, there is an ugly error message, but
things are otherwise ok.
* File is added and then removed before the add event finishes.
Currently unfixed; The annex add re-adds the file as a symlink and then
the remove event does nothing since the symlink exists.
* File is added and then replaced with another file before the annex add
makes its symlink.
Minor problem; The annex add will fail creating its symlink since
the file exists. There is an ugly error message, but the second add
event will add the new file.
* File is added and then replaced with another file before the annex add
moves its content into the annex.
Currently unfixed; The new content will be moved to the annex under the
**Currently unfixed**; The new content will be moved to the annex under the
old checksum, and fsck will later catch this inconsistency.
Possible fix: Move content someplace before doing checksumming.
* File is added and then replaced with another file before the annex add
makes its symlink.
**Minor problem**; The annex add will fail creating its symlink since
the file exists. There is an ugly error message, but the second add
event will add the new file.
* File is added and then replaced with another file before the annex add
stages the symlink in git.
Currently unfixed; `git add` will be run on the new file, which is
**Currently unfixed**; `git add` will be run on the new file, which is
not at all good when it's big. Could be dealt with by using `git
update-index` to manually put the symlink into the index without git
looking at what's currently on disk.
@ -86,7 +81,7 @@ Many races need to be dealt with by this code. Here are some of them.
* Link is moved, fixed link is written by fix event, but then that is
removed by the user and replaced with a file before the event finishes.
Currently unfixed: `git add` will be run on the file. Basically same
**Currently unfixed**: `git add` will be run on the file. Basically same
effect as previous race above.
* File is removed and then re-added before the removal event starts.