diff --git a/doc/bugs/indeterminite_preferred_content_state_for_duplicated_file.mdwn b/doc/bugs/indeterminite_preferred_content_state_for_duplicated_file.mdwn index 086c21ea80..0ca978dd3b 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/indeterminite_preferred_content_state_for_duplicated_file.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/indeterminite_preferred_content_state_for_duplicated_file.mdwn @@ -4,20 +4,18 @@ will want to drop `archive/bar`, but `git annex get --auto` will want to get `foo`. `git annex sync --content` will do both operations, getting and then dropping the key. Running these commands repeatedly churns unncessarily. +In the preferred content expressions for standard groups, the only +place this bug can be triggered involves archive directories of +repositories in the client group. A file both in the archive directory and +in another directory has indeterminite status. + Fixing this needs a map from key to files using it. Then, when checking preferred content of `archive/bar`, it can see that `foo` also uses the key. Since `foo` is wanted, it should not drop the key, even though `archive/bar` is not wanted. -Such a map exists, in the keys database, but only in v6 mode repositories. -So, this seems solvable in v6 repositories, but not in v5. +Such a map exists, in the keys database, but only in v7 mode repositories. +So, this seems solvable in v7 repositories, but not in v5. Also, the associated files map may not be accurate at all times, so that's -a wrinkle to using it for this. --[[Joey]] - -(See [[bugs/preferred_content_and_deduplication]] for a user bug report of -the same thing, with some suggestions for workarounds too.) - -In the preferred content expressions for standard groups, the only -place this bug can be triggered involves archive directories of -repositories in the client group. A file both in the archive directory and -in another directory has indeterminite status. +a wrinkle to using it for this. Also, only unlocked files get into the +associated files map. --[[Joey]]