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[[!comment format=mdwn
username="amerlyq"
avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/3d63c9f436b45570d45bd003e468cbd3"
subject="comment 6"
date="2022-01-08T14:15:55Z"
content="""
> open to being argued out of my current position
Ok, let's continue :)
> same problem:
> * checking the files into a git repository not using git-annex, and pulling from that repository.
> * running git-annex add and using git-annex get to transfer over a ssh connection.
> * [not supporting] workflow with adb or some other type of remote [is not a bug]
I distinguish ADB from all other types of remotes -- because it's the actual *source* of new files -- not yet processed by user manually.
And what you mentioned above -- are scenarios occuring on full-fledged work system, not on half-baked android phone.
When you sync Laptop with PC -- you must add files either on Laptop or on PC into git-annex first.
Therefore you have an opportunity to do something with files first e.g. sort them into the folders by date,
before adding them into git and losing that mtime information (which at that point is still useful, but not necessary).
When you sync PC with any \"backup\" remote -- they are pushed/pulled *after* files were added to git-annex.
I.e. none of them adds new files, which user never seen before -- and process only \"existing\" ones.
But when you use ADB (or maybe Directory too -- however I still don't have a usecase for that) -- new files are added to ADB
directly, avoiding user intervention. Because it's a pain to sort them on the phone immeditely without proper tools and scripts.
And one of the purposes of using git-annex here -- is to fetch them to PC to sort properly on big screen.
But fetching them without \"pull -a\" looses the necessary information.
It's not that big of a problem for DCIM folder, as files contain dates in filenames, but it's an issue for Downloads (and separate folders of each chat app).
Therefore yes, ADB is different, it's involved into different workflow, and therefore deserves different treatment.
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> when you git-annex add a file, the mtime of the file (now a symlink) should also be unchanged
Ok, that's a different original reason. Agreed.
Still, it has a nice consequence of preserving mtime for files already present on PC.
And it allows me to scan whole filesystem and dump metadata into a separate file (e.g. \"find -printf \"%T@ %P\n\"),
to preserve the information \"when I first seen/downloaded that file\" for the future.
And it's very important information (at least for me), because it's easier to remember and link related things occuring in a similar timespan,
than to sort files by types and then fruitlessly trying to link those fragmented and sparse datasets inside my head after several months or years.
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