From cb820cb80d4a48ee7667845436476c1dc4b4c203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkWQXo7MLYIDa-ep04UTbdz8KuvfjwLDCQ" Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 22:06:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- doc/tips/do_not_use_git-annex_inside_your_Dropbox.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/tips/do_not_use_git-annex_inside_your_Dropbox.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/do_not_use_git-annex_inside_your_Dropbox.mdwn b/doc/tips/do_not_use_git-annex_inside_your_Dropbox.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2669903449 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/do_not_use_git-annex_inside_your_Dropbox.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +Do not place git-annex enabled git repository inside your Dropbox folder! + +You will encounter broken symlinks and git-annex complaining about lost files. Dropbox [doesn't preserve case of file names](https://www.dropbox.com/help/145/en) and this breaks storage of annexed files (.git/annex/objects/). For possible recovery see . + +