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Joey Hess 2012-02-01 22:24:40 -04:00
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@ -9,14 +9,7 @@ in git where I am trying to convert it to use `RawFilePath`. However, since
there is no way to cast a `FilePath` to a `RawFilePath` or back (because
the encoding of `RawFilePath` is not specified), this means changing
essentially all of git-annex. Even the filenames used for keys in
`.git/annex/objects` need to use the new data type. Worse, several utility
libraries it uses are only available for `FilePath`.
The current state of the branch is that it needs an implementation of
`absNormPath` for `RawFilePath` to be added, as well as some other path
manipulation functions like `parentDir`. Then the types can continue
to be followed to get it to build and work. It could take days or weeks of
work. --[[Joey]]
`.git/annex/objects` need to use the new data type. --[[Joey]]
**As a stopgap workaround**, I have made a branch `unicode-only`. This
makes git-annex work with unicode filenames with ghc 7.4, but *only*