diff --git a/doc/bugs/hash_changed.mdwn b/doc/bugs/hash_changed.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cb1c1eefe3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/hash_changed.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +### Please describe the problem. + +I ran `git annex fsck` on some files, and the fsck reported that hashes were incorrect and the files were moved. + +### What steps will reproduce the problem? + +I don't know. + +### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +``` +git-annex version: 6.20160229 +build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3(multipartupload)(storageclasses) WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify XMPP ConcurrentOutput TorrentParser MagicMime Feeds Quvi +key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SHA3_256E SHA3_256 SHA3_512E SHA3_512 SHA3_224E SHA3_224 SHA3_384E SHA3_384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL +remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external +``` + +on NixOS linux 64 bit - unstable channel + +### Please provide any additional information below. + +The problem was on several disks, different manufacturer, different disk size, etc. The fsck always transformed hashA -> hashB, so the hashes were equal before and after the fsck run on all disks, though the link to the "old" file was not fixed to point to the "new" file. + +### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders) + +I use annex for years now, never had a problem with it. It is one of the most awesome pieces of software I've seen in the last 10 years, though I only use a really small part of it. Sometimes it bugs me a little that it consumes quite a lot of memory on large repositories, though most of the time this is not an issue for me. +