From d4ce800219ed578b2ea53083616922f5f6d29737 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tomekwi Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 18:22:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: Linux-Windows repo --- ...ent_13_4dfb65242280c2e28796f1ab8f022dea._comment | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/windows_support/comment_13_4dfb65242280c2e28796f1ab8f022dea._comment diff --git a/doc/todo/windows_support/comment_13_4dfb65242280c2e28796f1ab8f022dea._comment b/doc/todo/windows_support/comment_13_4dfb65242280c2e28796f1ab8f022dea._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..65b24f25f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/windows_support/comment_13_4dfb65242280c2e28796f1ab8f022dea._comment @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="tomekwi" + subject="Linux-Windows repo" + date="2015-08-10T18:22:22Z" + content=""" +Hi, what’s the recommended way to manage a repo accessed from both a Linux and a Windows box? Has anyone had success with that? + +I’m dual-booting Fedora 22 and Windows 8.1. I do most of my work on Linux, but I need Windows programs to edit some of my files. I’ve had a go at two approaches: + +1) Have a “central” repo on an NTFS external drive which also holds the contents of files. This fails because Windows fails to check out the contents of most files. It isn’t random – specific files at specific points of the commit history fail to check out. Perhaps it has something to do with filenames? Characters in filenames? + +2) Keep a “direct” clone of my repo on a Windows NTFS partition. I do my work on Windows, and after rebooting to Linux I mount the partition and commit my changes directly in the repo. Here Windows seems to outsmart me. git-annex sometimes takes many files without content as modified – and commits them as empty. +"""]]