From f7ceab51a8a4c57a235ddd7945ed703a5288fcdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "2001:700:1:0:158:38:62:12" <2001:700:1:0:158:38:62:12@web> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:06:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] poll vote (An Ubuntu PPA would be supercool! Thanks for your great work!!) --- .../what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn index 727df08b1d..39449adb7f 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ assistant, please instead fill in this poll on behalf of less technically adept friends or family -- what's preventing you from introducing them to the assistant? -[[!poll open=yes expandable=yes 7 "I'm using the assistant!" 25 "I need a Windows port" 29 "I need an Android port" 2 "I need an IPhone port (not holding my breath)" 2 "Well, it's still in beta..." 11 "I want to, but have not had the time to try it" 5 "Just inertia. I've got this dropbox/whatever that already works.." 3 "It's too hard to install (please say why in comments)" 2 "Perceived recent increase of bug reports and thus sitting it out." 24 "Initially the lack of direct-mode. Now concerns about the safety of direct mode. Perhaps after the next release." 8 "I haven't always well understood the differences between commandline operation & the assistant, so the differences would confuse me, and I found the command line more understandable & less scary. Now trying to learn to like & trust the assistant. :)" 19 "An Ubuntu PPA would be supercool! Thanks for your great work!!" 18 "Not yet in Debian sid amd64" 4 "Waiting for Fedora/CentOS rpm repository." 2 "throttling transfers, it upsets people when I saturate the connection" 2 "partial content" 1 "Not yet available in macports" 3 "No build yet for Nokia N9" 3 "Using only git-annex webapp to config does not seem to work: Create walkthough?" 5 "No build for OSX 10.6" 5 "Needs more focus on the UI." 1 "Just inertia. I don't have a Dropbox/whatever." 4 "Replaces files with a symlink mess." 2 "configurable option to only annex files meeting certian size or filename criteria" 4 "I'm really confused about how to make it sync with a remote NON-bare repository. I'm even afraid to try `git remote add`, since there is no clear method to completely forget a git-annex remote..." 2 "A build for te raspberry pi would be supercol!" 1 "Would be nice to exclude subfolders from the gui or through a config file" 1 "I wish I had transparently encrypted git repos in the cloud available, like jgit." 1 "too many inodes used in direct mode. maybe it's possible to keep more info as git objects instead?" 2 "I need to be able to restrict in which repo dirs changes get auto-committed" 1 "Provide .deb package" 1 "Better documentation/walkthroughs on using git-annex within an existing git repo. AKA mixed use" 1 "Union mounts to have a single view of file collection on the network"]] +[[!poll open=yes expandable=yes 7 "I'm using the assistant!" 25 "I need a Windows port" 29 "I need an Android port" 2 "I need an IPhone port (not holding my breath)" 2 "Well, it's still in beta..." 11 "I want to, but have not had the time to try it" 5 "Just inertia. I've got this dropbox/whatever that already works.." 3 "It's too hard to install (please say why in comments)" 2 "Perceived recent increase of bug reports and thus sitting it out." 24 "Initially the lack of direct-mode. Now concerns about the safety of direct mode. Perhaps after the next release." 8 "I haven't always well understood the differences between commandline operation & the assistant, so the differences would confuse me, and I found the command line more understandable & less scary. Now trying to learn to like & trust the assistant. :)" 20 "An Ubuntu PPA would be supercool! Thanks for your great work!!" 18 "Not yet in Debian sid amd64" 4 "Waiting for Fedora/CentOS rpm repository." 2 "throttling transfers, it upsets people when I saturate the connection" 2 "partial content" 1 "Not yet available in macports" 3 "No build yet for Nokia N9" 3 "Using only git-annex webapp to config does not seem to work: Create walkthough?" 5 "No build for OSX 10.6" 5 "Needs more focus on the UI." 1 "Just inertia. I don't have a Dropbox/whatever." 4 "Replaces files with a symlink mess." 2 "configurable option to only annex files meeting certian size or filename criteria" 4 "I'm really confused about how to make it sync with a remote NON-bare repository. I'm even afraid to try `git remote add`, since there is no clear method to completely forget a git-annex remote..." 2 "A build for te raspberry pi would be supercol!" 1 "Would be nice to exclude subfolders from the gui or through a config file" 1 "I wish I had transparently encrypted git repos in the cloud available, like jgit." 1 "too many inodes used in direct mode. maybe it's possible to keep more info as git objects instead?" 2 "I need to be able to restrict in which repo dirs changes get auto-committed" 1 "Provide .deb package" 1 "Better documentation/walkthroughs on using git-annex within an existing git repo. AKA mixed use" 1 "Union mounts to have a single view of file collection on the network"]] Feel free to write in your own reasons, or add a comment to give me more info. From f3931db80c5859f6a2a0d3dc3af0816d022e622c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "2001:700:1:0:158:38:62:12" <2001:700:1:0:158:38:62:12@web> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:06:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] poll vote (Not yet in Debian sid amd64) --- .../what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn index 39449adb7f..db0a49f144 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ assistant, please instead fill in this poll on behalf of less technically adept friends or family -- what's preventing you from introducing them to the assistant? -[[!poll open=yes expandable=yes 7 "I'm using the assistant!" 25 "I need a Windows port" 29 "I need an Android port" 2 "I need an IPhone port (not holding my breath)" 2 "Well, it's still in beta..." 11 "I want to, but have not had the time to try it" 5 "Just inertia. I've got this dropbox/whatever that already works.." 3 "It's too hard to install (please say why in comments)" 2 "Perceived recent increase of bug reports and thus sitting it out." 24 "Initially the lack of direct-mode. Now concerns about the safety of direct mode. Perhaps after the next release." 8 "I haven't always well understood the differences between commandline operation & the assistant, so the differences would confuse me, and I found the command line more understandable & less scary. Now trying to learn to like & trust the assistant. :)" 20 "An Ubuntu PPA would be supercool! Thanks for your great work!!" 18 "Not yet in Debian sid amd64" 4 "Waiting for Fedora/CentOS rpm repository." 2 "throttling transfers, it upsets people when I saturate the connection" 2 "partial content" 1 "Not yet available in macports" 3 "No build yet for Nokia N9" 3 "Using only git-annex webapp to config does not seem to work: Create walkthough?" 5 "No build for OSX 10.6" 5 "Needs more focus on the UI." 1 "Just inertia. I don't have a Dropbox/whatever." 4 "Replaces files with a symlink mess." 2 "configurable option to only annex files meeting certian size or filename criteria" 4 "I'm really confused about how to make it sync with a remote NON-bare repository. I'm even afraid to try `git remote add`, since there is no clear method to completely forget a git-annex remote..." 2 "A build for te raspberry pi would be supercol!" 1 "Would be nice to exclude subfolders from the gui or through a config file" 1 "I wish I had transparently encrypted git repos in the cloud available, like jgit." 1 "too many inodes used in direct mode. maybe it's possible to keep more info as git objects instead?" 2 "I need to be able to restrict in which repo dirs changes get auto-committed" 1 "Provide .deb package" 1 "Better documentation/walkthroughs on using git-annex within an existing git repo. AKA mixed use" 1 "Union mounts to have a single view of file collection on the network"]] +[[!poll open=yes expandable=yes 7 "I'm using the assistant!" 25 "I need a Windows port" 29 "I need an Android port" 2 "I need an IPhone port (not holding my breath)" 2 "Well, it's still in beta..." 11 "I want to, but have not had the time to try it" 5 "Just inertia. I've got this dropbox/whatever that already works.." 3 "It's too hard to install (please say why in comments)" 2 "Perceived recent increase of bug reports and thus sitting it out." 24 "Initially the lack of direct-mode. Now concerns about the safety of direct mode. Perhaps after the next release." 8 "I haven't always well understood the differences between commandline operation & the assistant, so the differences would confuse me, and I found the command line more understandable & less scary. Now trying to learn to like & trust the assistant. :)" 19 "An Ubuntu PPA would be supercool! Thanks for your great work!!" 19 "Not yet in Debian sid amd64" 4 "Waiting for Fedora/CentOS rpm repository." 2 "throttling transfers, it upsets people when I saturate the connection" 2 "partial content" 1 "Not yet available in macports" 3 "No build yet for Nokia N9" 3 "Using only git-annex webapp to config does not seem to work: Create walkthough?" 5 "No build for OSX 10.6" 5 "Needs more focus on the UI." 1 "Just inertia. I don't have a Dropbox/whatever." 4 "Replaces files with a symlink mess." 2 "configurable option to only annex files meeting certian size or filename criteria" 4 "I'm really confused about how to make it sync with a remote NON-bare repository. I'm even afraid to try `git remote add`, since there is no clear method to completely forget a git-annex remote..." 2 "A build for te raspberry pi would be supercol!" 1 "Would be nice to exclude subfolders from the gui or through a config file" 1 "I wish I had transparently encrypted git repos in the cloud available, like jgit." 1 "too many inodes used in direct mode. maybe it's possible to keep more info as git objects instead?" 2 "I need to be able to restrict in which repo dirs changes get auto-committed" 1 "Provide .deb package" 1 "Better documentation/walkthroughs on using git-annex within an existing git repo. AKA mixed use" 1 "Union mounts to have a single view of file collection on the network"]] Feel free to write in your own reasons, or add a comment to give me more info. From 0119bae42101094d5948337d46fd55ec92ab709e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "2001:700:1:0:158:38:62:12" <2001:700:1:0:158:38:62:12@web> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:06:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] poll vote (No build yet for Nokia N9) --- .../what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn index db0a49f144..04e2b3514f 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant/polls/what_is_preventing_me_from_using_git-annex_assistant.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ assistant, please instead fill in this poll on behalf of less technically adept friends or family -- what's preventing you from introducing them to the assistant? -[[!poll open=yes expandable=yes 7 "I'm using the assistant!" 25 "I need a Windows port" 29 "I need an Android port" 2 "I need an IPhone port (not holding my breath)" 2 "Well, it's still in beta..." 11 "I want to, but have not had the time to try it" 5 "Just inertia. I've got this dropbox/whatever that already works.." 3 "It's too hard to install (please say why in comments)" 2 "Perceived recent increase of bug reports and thus sitting it out." 24 "Initially the lack of direct-mode. Now concerns about the safety of direct mode. Perhaps after the next release." 8 "I haven't always well understood the differences between commandline operation & the assistant, so the differences would confuse me, and I found the command line more understandable & less scary. Now trying to learn to like & trust the assistant. :)" 19 "An Ubuntu PPA would be supercool! Thanks for your great work!!" 19 "Not yet in Debian sid amd64" 4 "Waiting for Fedora/CentOS rpm repository." 2 "throttling transfers, it upsets people when I saturate the connection" 2 "partial content" 1 "Not yet available in macports" 3 "No build yet for Nokia N9" 3 "Using only git-annex webapp to config does not seem to work: Create walkthough?" 5 "No build for OSX 10.6" 5 "Needs more focus on the UI." 1 "Just inertia. I don't have a Dropbox/whatever." 4 "Replaces files with a symlink mess." 2 "configurable option to only annex files meeting certian size or filename criteria" 4 "I'm really confused about how to make it sync with a remote NON-bare repository. I'm even afraid to try `git remote add`, since there is no clear method to completely forget a git-annex remote..." 2 "A build for te raspberry pi would be supercol!" 1 "Would be nice to exclude subfolders from the gui or through a config file" 1 "I wish I had transparently encrypted git repos in the cloud available, like jgit." 1 "too many inodes used in direct mode. maybe it's possible to keep more info as git objects instead?" 2 "I need to be able to restrict in which repo dirs changes get auto-committed" 1 "Provide .deb package" 1 "Better documentation/walkthroughs on using git-annex within an existing git repo. AKA mixed use" 1 "Union mounts to have a single view of file collection on the network"]] +[[!poll open=yes expandable=yes 7 "I'm using the assistant!" 25 "I need a Windows port" 29 "I need an Android port" 2 "I need an IPhone port (not holding my breath)" 2 "Well, it's still in beta..." 11 "I want to, but have not had the time to try it" 5 "Just inertia. I've got this dropbox/whatever that already works.." 3 "It's too hard to install (please say why in comments)" 2 "Perceived recent increase of bug reports and thus sitting it out." 24 "Initially the lack of direct-mode. Now concerns about the safety of direct mode. Perhaps after the next release." 8 "I haven't always well understood the differences between commandline operation & the assistant, so the differences would confuse me, and I found the command line more understandable & less scary. Now trying to learn to like & trust the assistant. :)" 19 "An Ubuntu PPA would be supercool! Thanks for your great work!!" 18 "Not yet in Debian sid amd64" 4 "Waiting for Fedora/CentOS rpm repository." 2 "throttling transfers, it upsets people when I saturate the connection" 2 "partial content" 1 "Not yet available in macports" 4 "No build yet for Nokia N9" 3 "Using only git-annex webapp to config does not seem to work: Create walkthough?" 5 "No build for OSX 10.6" 5 "Needs more focus on the UI." 1 "Just inertia. I don't have a Dropbox/whatever." 4 "Replaces files with a symlink mess." 2 "configurable option to only annex files meeting certian size or filename criteria" 4 "I'm really confused about how to make it sync with a remote NON-bare repository. I'm even afraid to try `git remote add`, since there is no clear method to completely forget a git-annex remote..." 2 "A build for te raspberry pi would be supercol!" 1 "Would be nice to exclude subfolders from the gui or through a config file" 1 "I wish I had transparently encrypted git repos in the cloud available, like jgit." 1 "too many inodes used in direct mode. maybe it's possible to keep more info as git objects instead?" 2 "I need to be able to restrict in which repo dirs changes get auto-committed" 1 "Provide .deb package" 1 "Better documentation/walkthroughs on using git-annex within an existing git repo. AKA mixed use" 1 "Union mounts to have a single view of file collection on the network"]] Feel free to write in your own reasons, or add a comment to give me more info. From 0e889dca9bedbc657b80388df42c73af3ce8437f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://cstork.org/" Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:21:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] --- doc/forum/Direct_special_remotes.mdwn | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/forum/Direct_special_remotes.mdwn b/doc/forum/Direct_special_remotes.mdwn index b2c93653e7..bf80d57f85 100644 --- a/doc/forum/Direct_special_remotes.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/Direct_special_remotes.mdwn @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ I have a NAS at home which I access both as AFP/SMB shares and thru ssh/rsync. Two **non-special remote setups** would be: -1. Mount the share and turn it into a direct mode git annex repo. Does anybody have experience with this? I'd suspect this to be very inefficient due to the use of all the files in .git over AFP/SMB. Configuration as a WORM backend seems to be advised? +1. Mount the share and turn it into a direct mode git annex repo. Does anybody have experience with this? I'd suspect this to be very inefficient due to the use of all the files in .git over AFP/SMB. Configuration as a WORM backend seems to be advised? (Edit: Well, I just tried this and 'git annex init' failed as described in this [forum post](http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/Can__39__t_init_git_annex/). So AFP/SMB seem to be non-starters. :-( Furthermore, AFP/SMB are immediately detected as crippled and set to direct mode automatically.) 2. Same as 1. but with a local GIT_DIR. This should work by having .git on the NAS link to the local GIT_DIR. Alternatively, I could treat my NAS as a [**web special remote**](http://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/using_the_web_as_a_special_remote/). Some URL schemes come to mind: @@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ All of these indicate a mismatch between my use case and web special remotes. Hence my question: **Would something like a "direct special remote" make sense?** As a starting point I'd look at a setup similar to 2. above, i.e., a remote "working copy" with local GIT_DIR. Except that instead of a whole local .git directory a branch in an existing .git dir might be more appropriate... + +--Chris