From f4f3df3ae1c17b5253c03eef2338f5103f504b28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: crumblybrick Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 13:44:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- ...ing_Searching_metadata_and_file_content__63__.mdwn | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/_creating_Searching_metadata_and_file_content__63__.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/_creating_Searching_metadata_and_file_content__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/_creating_Searching_metadata_and_file_content__63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c13ff36607 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/_creating_Searching_metadata_and_file_content__63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Hi + +Is there any (built-in or otherwise) way to search git-annex metadata and file content? Ideally I think something that knows about git-annex would be helpful because of files moving around / going away due to metadata driven views, dangling symlinks etc. + +I'm imagining: + +* Something based on Lucene (solr/elasticsearch) or Xapian for fast searches +* Probably ideally using git-annex metadata to track which files move where on disk +* Maybe use of inotify to let it know when git annex has moved file content around or added/removed it from a working tree + +Thanks everybody, and Joey for making git annex and being an inspiration