From ca0a0349d11f2abe0298b64fc744b47f6f29d986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://a-or-b.myopenid.com/" Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 05:06:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- ...ave_remotes_that_aren__39__t_tracked__63___.mdwn | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Can_we_have_remotes_that_aren__39__t_tracked__63___.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/Can_we_have_remotes_that_aren__39__t_tracked__63___.mdwn b/doc/forum/Can_we_have_remotes_that_aren__39__t_tracked__63___.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..684893e84e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Can_we_have_remotes_that_aren__39__t_tracked__63___.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +I'm wondering if it is possible to have remotes that don't have the *content* of git-annex tracked. + +# My use case: + +I have a number of projects that I am working on at any one time. They all are tracking independently by `git` and more recently I am using `git annex` to manage the large files. + +However because I have so many projects I work on one (called `AAA`), move to another, delete `AAA` to save disk space, ...time passes... return to `AAA`. + +Now, prior to `git-annex` I could just clone `AAA` from my central repository folder do work, commit, push, repeat and then delete and there is no indication that I had one, or many copies of `AAA` floating around. Now with `git-annex` there is some trail of me cloning, running `git annex get`, etc. + +Is there some way to set a remote as `untracked`? By that I mean it is classed as `untrusted` - so I can move files around, add them, copy to trusted remotes and delete the whole repository without worrying about losing data - but it also doesn't push any of the git-annex tracking info of where a copy of a file actually is. I don't want to know if any or all of my other `untracked` repositories have a copy of a file or not. + +I don't want my `git annex whereis` polluted with many references to repositories that just don't exist any more. I guess I could set them to dead but that still keeps all of the tracking info around in all the repos, which seems unnecessary...