diff --git a/doc/bugs/Beware__58___there_is_a_file-losing_bug_in_unused_cmd.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Beware__58___there_is_a_file-losing_bug_in_unused_cmd.mdwn index dbfe47ec6f..978d28a146 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Beware__58___there_is_a_file-losing_bug_in_unused_cmd.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Beware__58___there_is_a_file-losing_bug_in_unused_cmd.mdwn @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ I'm not sure. The files lost appear to be more recently added files, so this bug ### 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've used git-annex to maintain large file sets for years now and there is no better tool I know of. + +[[!tag moreinfo]] diff --git a/doc/bugs/Beware__58___there_is_a_file-losing_bug_in_unused_cmd/comment_2_dcce85bbbe95a5cee1e6f95a3ab110de._comment b/doc/bugs/Beware__58___there_is_a_file-losing_bug_in_unused_cmd/comment_2_dcce85bbbe95a5cee1e6f95a3ab110de._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..375cb73943 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/Beware__58___there_is_a_file-losing_bug_in_unused_cmd/comment_2_dcce85bbbe95a5cee1e6f95a3ab110de._comment @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 2""" + date="2020-11-24T18:37:58Z" + content=""" +> The annexes were fully synced and git-annex list showed the files in the annex they were dropped from. + +That statement does not make a lot of sense. If both repos have been +synced with the other, then git-annex list could only display the file +if it was still in the master branch. But then git-annex unused would +certianly not have considered it unused. (Unless it has an insanely bad bug, +but the test suite tests that it doesn't have that bug, so it seems likely +it does not.) + +But also, if both repos were synced with one-another, and you had dropped the +file from one repo, then git-annex list in other other repo would know that and +would not show the file as still being in it. + +Which suggests you mean something else by "fully synced" than being fully in +sync at that point. Or that you were mistaken about them being fully in sync. + +And if you were mistaken about that, it's easy to set up situations where +two repos are not fully in sync, and so in one, the file is to all appearances +unused, but in the other one, the file is still in use by a branch. + +So, without a way to reproduce this, I have to assume it's user error. +"""]]