diff --git a/doc/forum/Git_repos_in_git_annex__63__/comment_2_89dafaf10781d59ef934d01d4c7a9cda._comment b/doc/forum/Git_repos_in_git_annex__63__/comment_2_89dafaf10781d59ef934d01d4c7a9cda._comment deleted file mode 100644 index faa5a1d26b..0000000000 --- a/doc/forum/Git_repos_in_git_annex__63__/comment_2_89dafaf10781d59ef934d01d4c7a9cda._comment +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -[[!comment format=mdwn - username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmNu4V5fvpLlBhaCUfXXOB0MI5NXwh8SkU" - nickname="Adam" - subject="comment 2" - date="2014-05-08T16:48:24Z" - content=""" -Here is the relevant bug: - -Here's my scenario: I have been using Dropbox for several years. I want to move to git-annex. - -For some time I used Bazaar repos inside Dropbox. A couple of times I accidentally modified files on one computer before another finished syncing, and the repo became mildly corrupted, but I recovered it okay. - -Recently I switched to git, and so far, so good. I'm careful not to make any changes to my files before Dropbox is finished syncing, so everything works fine. - -But when I add a directory containing a git repo to an annex, git-annex ignores the .git directory, so the repo isn't synced. - -I read this forum thread, and I read the bug report, but there don't appear to be any real solutions. - -This seems like what should be a fairly common use case: a user has a directory of simple text files, like shell scripts or org-mode files. He uses git to version-control them, and he uses Dropbox to sync the files and the git repo automatically between computers. Now the user wants to use git-annex instead, but if he does this, it will mean having to choose between: - -* No longer using git to version-control the files -* Only using git on a single system, which means that he can't make commits or do any other git operations when using other systems -* Keeping separate git repos on each system, and making the same commits manually on each one...which would be a mess -* Keeping separate git repos on each system, and using a script to make commits automatically--which would mean commits wouldn't be any more useful than a simple timed backup script - -I guess I could just use git instead of Dropbox or git-annex, but then I must choose between either: - -* Only being able to sync repos when both systems are online -* Having to store repos in plaintext on remote servers - -This is one of my primary use cases for Dropbox/git-annex. I'd really appreciate any help in figuring this out. Thanks. -"""]]