diff --git a/doc/forum/transfer_repo_not_auto_dropping_files.mdwn b/doc/forum/transfer_repo_not_auto_dropping_files.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index c429099f5e..0000000000 --- a/doc/forum/transfer_repo_not_auto_dropping_files.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,88 +0,0 @@ -I'm trying to set up two client repositories that don't communicate directly with one another, but sync their data using a transfer repository. - -Here's the script I used for creating a reproducible environment: - -``` -#/usr/bin/env bash - -# Just a way to access the script's directory -cd "$(dirname "$0")" -DIR="$(pwd)" - -# Create the 1st client repository -mkdir $DIR/client1 -cd $DIR/client1 -git init && git annex init - -# Create the 2nd client repository -mkdir $DIR/client2 -cd $DIR/client2 -git init && git annex init - -# Create the transfer repository -mkdir $DIR/share -cd $DIR/share -git init && git annex init - -# Setup the remotes and groups for the transfer repository -cd $DIR/share -git remote add client1 $DIR/client1 -git remote add client2 $DIR/client1 -git annex group . transfer -git annex group client1 client -git annex group client2 client -git co -b main - -# Setup the remotes and groups for the 1st client repository. -cd $DIR/client1 -git remote add share $DIR/share -git annex group . client -git annex group share transfer -git annex config --set annex.addunlocked true -git co -b main - -# Setup the remotes and groups for the 2nd client repository. -cd $DIR/client2 -git remote add share $DIR/share -git annex group . client -git annex group share transfer -git annex config --set annex.addunlocked true -git co -b main - -# Run git-annex assistant for each repository -cd $DIR/client1 && git annex assistant -cd $DIR/client2 && git annex assistant -cd $DIR/share && git annex assistant - -# Add a single file to the 1st client. -cd $DIR/client1 -touch file.txt - -# Need to do this if there are no commits in the 'client2' and 'share' repositories. -# Or else, I'll get the following logs: -# -# merge: refs/remotes/share/main - not something we can merge -# merge: refs/remotes/share/synced/main - not something we can merge -sleep 3; -cd $DIR/share -git pull client1 main -sleep 3; -cd $DIR/client2 -git pull share main - -cd $DIR/client1 -echo "My first line" >> file.txt -``` - -However, after letting `git-annex assistant` do it's thing, `file.txt` seems to never be dropped from the `share` transfer repository. -Event after running `git-annex sync --content`, the `git-annex whereis file.txt` gives: - -``` -whereis file.txt (3 copies) - 274b3417-1bf3-47b3-a75e-53ebe7ca20d8 -- user@server:~/share [share] - 7cc7d6a8-6230-4d2c-8414-1b45b2fc14d8 -- user@server:~/client2 - bdfea36f-d011-4950-8be0-1668f5e56f5c -- user@server:~/client1 [here] -ok -``` - -The documentation says that the file should be automatically dropped, but that doesn't happen here.