diff --git a/doc/forum/Matching_options_not_working_in_windows_7.mdwn b/doc/forum/Matching_options_not_working_in_windows_7.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..14db45ae4d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Matching_options_not_working_in_windows_7.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Hi there, + +I'm trying to set up a new git-annex repo. I want to use the WORM backend for files larger than 200MB. +So I use the following command when adding files: + + git annex add --largerthan=200MB --backend=WORM . + +But this does not seem to work. No files are added. I tried several variants of the command like: + + git annex add --largerthan 200MB --backend=WORM . + git annex add --largerthan "200 MB" --backend=WORM . + +Do not work also. Am I missing anything? + +I'm using **Git 2.28.0.windows.1** and **git-annex 8.20200815-g335aae266** on a newly-created repository in an NTFS partition. +I used the following command to initialize the repo: + + git init && git annex init