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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="psxvoid"
avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/fde068fbdeabeea31e3be7aa9c55d84b"
subject="This behavior should be the default one"
date="2024-02-10T08:11:30Z"
content="""
This behavior needs to be the default. Though, I understand that everyone have different needs.
At least it may be better to configure the behavior via a command argument, e.g. by default `git annex view` preserves the directory structure.
And when `--plain` argument is provided, then it would behave as it currently does - the directory structure is not preserved.
Personally, I do not see any use cases for the active behavior because usually I set tags to many files (thousands), and it's not practical for me to see thousand files in a single directory (view tag). As a more real-world example - I've tried to prepare files to be burned into BDXL disk, and for that purpose I tagged the files I want to burn as `bdxl-disk-1` tag. I then used `ncdu` to analyze the space taken by that tag. But then when I started \"fine tuning\" what should and should not go to that disk, I found it too difficult because `git annex view` places all tagged files into a single directory.
Are there any workarounds? I'm using git annex version `10.20231228`.
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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="psxvoid"
avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/fde068fbdeabeea31e3be7aa9c55d84b"
subject="Update: workaround with branches"
date="2024-02-10T10:53:56Z"
content="""
Seems like there is a way to use git annex as I would like, though it may not be obvious.
In order to organize files and then burn them on to BDXL, instead of using tags, I've just switched to a new branch.
e.g.:
```sh
git checkout -b view/bdxl
```
and then moved files and folders to a new folder which I intend to burn later. I've also assigned `git annex tag bdxl-disk-1 . --force` directly in this folder, so later I can see which files are burned even on the main branch (because tags are tied to git annex content and shared across branches).
P.S.: In any case, preserving the folder structure on the first `git annex view tag=*` may be much more powerful and intuitive.
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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="yarikoptic"
avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/f11e9c84cb18d26a1748c33b48c924b4"
subject="comment 3"
date="2024-02-09T21:58:56Z"
content="""
Thank you! Yet to try/follow the steps. FWIW -- we have not pushed anything to github yet, so we have everything only locally and thus should potentially be able to not reveal older objects.
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