direct, indirect: Refuse to do anything when the assistant or git-annex watch daemon is running.

Checks.hs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  - Common sanity checks for commands, and an interface to selectively
  - remove them, or add others.
  - 
- - Copyright 2011 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
+ - Copyright 2011-2013 Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
  -
  - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import Common.Annex
 import Types.Command
 import Init
 import Config
+import Utility.Daemon
 import qualified Git
 
 commonChecks :: [CommandCheck]
@@ -24,11 +25,17 @@ repoExists = CommandCheck 0 ensureInitialized
 
 notDirect :: Command -> Command
 notDirect = addCheck $ whenM isDirect $
-	error "You cannot run this subcommand in a direct mode repository."
+	error "You cannot run this command in a direct mode repository."
 
 notBareRepo :: Command -> Command
 notBareRepo = addCheck $ whenM (fromRepo Git.repoIsLocalBare) $
-	error "You cannot run this subcommand in a bare repository."
+	error "You cannot run this command in a bare repository."
+
+noDaemonRunning :: Command -> Command
+noDaemonRunning = addCheck $ whenM (isJust <$> daemonpid) $
+	error "You cannot run this command while git-annex watch or git-annex assistant is running."
+  where
+  	daemonpid = liftIO . checkDaemon =<< fromRepo gitAnnexPidFile
 
 dontCheck :: CommandCheck -> Command -> Command
 dontCheck check cmd = mutateCheck cmd $ \c -> filter (/= check) c

Command/Direct.hs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import Annex.Direct
 import Annex.Version
 
 def :: [Command]
-def = [notBareRepo $ 
+def = [notBareRepo $ noDaemonRunning $
 	command "direct" paramNothing seek
 		SectionSetup "switch repository to direct mode"]
 

Command/Indirect.hs

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import Annex.Version
 import Init
 
 def :: [Command]
-def = [notBareRepo $ command "indirect" paramNothing seek
-	SectionSetup "switch repository to indirect mode"]
+def = [notBareRepo $ noDaemonRunning $
+	command "indirect" paramNothing seek
+		SectionSetup "switch repository to indirect mode"]
 
 seek :: [CommandSeek]
 seek = [withNothing start]

debian/changelog

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ git-annex (4.20130418) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * webapp: When told to add a git repository on a remote server, and
     the repository already exists as a non-bare repository, use it,
     rather than initializing a bare repository in the same directory.
+  * direct, indirect: Refuse to do anything when the assistant
+    or git-annex watch daemon is running.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:22:48 -0400
 

doc/bugs/Weird_behaviour_of_direct_and_indirect_annexes.mdwn

@@ -50,3 +50,8 @@ that all three copies are stored in ~/Indirect, so the functionality I'm after s
 
 **Edit:  Doing a git annex sync in ~/Indirect results in the continuing behaviour to be correct, so there's some issue telling Direct that Indirect is no longer in direct-mode?**
 This appears to fix it, but I guess shouldn't be necessary.
+
+> AFAICS, the entire problem is that the assistant does not notice when the
+> repository it's running in is changed from direct to indirect mode. Since this
+> has also been reported to cause problems with the assistant, I have added
+> a check to prevent it from being done. [[done]] --[[Joey]]