From 9b133a81221cdca4f880d200906e75dd1319370d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkjvjLHW9Omza7x1VEzIFQ8Z5honhRB90I" Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:48:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: Duplication of the filenames is what I am concerned about --- ...3_076cb22057583957d5179d8ba9004605._comment | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/wishlist:_Provide_a___34__git_annex__34___command_that_will_skip_duplicates/comment_3_076cb22057583957d5179d8ba9004605._comment diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_Provide_a___34__git_annex__34___command_that_will_skip_duplicates/comment_3_076cb22057583957d5179d8ba9004605._comment b/doc/todo/wishlist:_Provide_a___34__git_annex__34___command_that_will_skip_duplicates/comment_3_076cb22057583957d5179d8ba9004605._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d11119bc3d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/wishlist:_Provide_a___34__git_annex__34___command_that_will_skip_duplicates/comment_3_076cb22057583957d5179d8ba9004605._comment @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkjvjLHW9Omza7x1VEzIFQ8Z5honhRB90I" + nickname="Asheesh" + subject="Duplication of the filenames is what I am concerned about" + date="2011-04-29T11:48:22Z" + content=""" +For what it's worth, yes, I want to actually forget I ever had the same file in the filesystem with a duplicated name. I'm not just aiming to clean up the disk's space usage; I'm also aiming to clean things up so that navigating the filesystem is easier. + +I can write my own script to do that based on the symlinks' target (and I wrote something along those lines), but I still think it'd be nicer if git-annex supported this use case. + +Perhaps: + +
git annex drop --by-contents
+ +could let me remove a file from git-annex if the contents are available through a different name. (Right now, \"git annex drop\" requires the name *and* contents match.) + +-- Asheesh. +"""]]