diff --git a/doc/forum/Help_fixing_S3_mistake.mdwn b/doc/forum/Help_fixing_S3_mistake.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..42c6934c93 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Help_fixing_S3_mistake.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Hello, I'd like some help fixing a mistake I made setting up an S3 remote. + +I created an S3 remote A, then at some later time accidentally created an S3 remote B with the same settings as A, and moved some files over to B. + +I have fixed it by removing/marking as dead B, but I am missing some files now. + +I believe that all of these files exist in A since it is the same bucket as B, but git annex doesn't know that they are in A. Is there a way to somehow "reinject" or refresh git annex so it knows that the files are there? I'm using chunking as well, so I don't know how to download all the chunks and use git annex's reinject command.