From c5c339e87e3629d79aea2b9735a4d783b7c491eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://joeyh.name/" Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:39:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment --- ...t_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Can_not_drop_unused_file/comment_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/Can_not_drop_unused_file/comment_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment b/doc/forum/Can_not_drop_unused_file/comment_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4a6eacc510 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Can_not_drop_unused_file/comment_1_cea83dfdf4cdb4f6efb3f2b33a39a51f._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.68" + subject="comment 1" + date="2014-01-18T22:39:37Z" + content=""" +One reason it might fail (especially if it's not printing any useful message beyond \"(failed)\") is if it thought the file was present in the repositort, but something has happened to it. + +So, I suggest you try: + +git annex fsck --from external + +Followed by dropping again. + +If that doesn't help, I'd recommend stracing the dropping of one of the unused files, and see what's going wrong toward the end. +"""]]