From e9a391e2ee2237db994c95ccdd54b818f64b7865 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlq4ClC5EMN1Vq1DpWXAqP5TiDnCK1mSfk" Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 22:48:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- ...older_called___34__.git__34___to_git-annex__63__.mdwn | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Any_way_to_add_a_folder_called___34__.git__34___to_git-annex__63__.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/Any_way_to_add_a_folder_called___34__.git__34___to_git-annex__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/Any_way_to_add_a_folder_called___34__.git__34___to_git-annex__63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..425301a0da --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Any_way_to_add_a_folder_called___34__.git__34___to_git-annex__63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +I'm trying to use git-annex as a way to sync fairly large folders between machines. These folders contain documents, projects, ... + +There are several issues with files that just won't get added to my git-annex repository: + +- files mentioned in .gitignore are not added -- this is good. +- files starting with a dot are not added unless I explicitly mention them to git add -- this is strange, but I can work around it. +- folders called .git/ are not added no matter what I try. git annex add --force doesn't help, either. + +Any idea how I could solve the third issue? It might not even be specific to git-annex... maybe git just works that way... but I'd be grateful for hints.