From e7e7007e0c6a857b0787f9bd7f8729bc2f58f9f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:46:59 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] explanss and close --- ...nsions___40__e.g._.numbers__41___dropped.mdwn | 2 ++ ...t_1_0e3e0966f06ded18ecfd41f8084b4658._comment | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/long_file_extensions___40__e.g._.numbers__41___dropped/comment_1_0e3e0966f06ded18ecfd41f8084b4658._comment diff --git a/doc/bugs/long_file_extensions___40__e.g._.numbers__41___dropped.mdwn b/doc/bugs/long_file_extensions___40__e.g._.numbers__41___dropped.mdwn index f6c811d813..fb3f414c04 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/long_file_extensions___40__e.g._.numbers__41___dropped.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/long_file_extensions___40__e.g._.numbers__41___dropped.mdwn @@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ local repository version: 10 ### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders) git annex makes me so happy. As I had mentioned in a previous post some years ago, it solves problems that I have not anticipated and teaches me new concepts that I then apply across my work. Thank you so much Joey! :bow: + +> [[notabug|done]] --[[Joey]] diff --git a/doc/bugs/long_file_extensions___40__e.g._.numbers__41___dropped/comment_1_0e3e0966f06ded18ecfd41f8084b4658._comment b/doc/bugs/long_file_extensions___40__e.g._.numbers__41___dropped/comment_1_0e3e0966f06ded18ecfd41f8084b4658._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..78008ecc56 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/long_file_extensions___40__e.g._.numbers__41___dropped/comment_1_0e3e0966f06ded18ecfd41f8084b4658._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2022-11-29T16:44:07Z" + content=""" +What is an extension and what is not is ambiguous +to a computer. Eg, the filename "mr.toadswildride" +does not have an extension. + +So git-annex has a heuristic, that an extension has +a maximum length of 4. Which works for the vast +majority of extensions in use. You can override +that to some other value: + + git config annex.maxextensionlength 7 +"""]]