diff --git a/doc/forum/Can__39__t_drop_a_file_present_in_special_remotes_only/comment_5_d25b7eb756f08c94a2b2ada472cd0f87._comment b/doc/forum/Can__39__t_drop_a_file_present_in_special_remotes_only/comment_5_d25b7eb756f08c94a2b2ada472cd0f87._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..44c402d5e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Can__39__t_drop_a_file_present_in_special_remotes_only/comment_5_d25b7eb756f08c94a2b2ada472cd0f87._comment @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="Atemu" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/d1f0f4275931c552403f4c6707bead7a" + subject="comment 5" + date="2021-04-08T19:33:44Z" + content=""" +I guess one difference is be that other repos may erroneously think a file is present in the special remote when, in actuality, it has been deleted. (That's what trust/semitrust is for, right?) +In my use-case it doesn't make much of a difference since the special remote will rarely see a deletion but I can imagine there might also be ones where it could end catastrophically. + +A better solution all around would probably be to enable the user to override a special remote's perceived locking ability somehow (and only that, no other trust factors). + +Having a runtime switch for temporarily trusting special remotes to lock files would be useful in any case though IMO. +"""]]