From fbf53c320d6b59e9c0ff7cb9aaf9110eeec07353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:33:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] comment and reject --- ...7___is_a_symbolic_link_to_another_device.mdwn | 1 + ...t_2_993f86881ae46fbd1c402626c6380ece._comment | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/special_directory_remotes__58___git_annex_copy_fails_if_tmp__47___is_a_symbolic_link_to_another_device/comment_2_993f86881ae46fbd1c402626c6380ece._comment diff --git a/doc/bugs/special_directory_remotes__58___git_annex_copy_fails_if_tmp__47___is_a_symbolic_link_to_another_device.mdwn b/doc/bugs/special_directory_remotes__58___git_annex_copy_fails_if_tmp__47___is_a_symbolic_link_to_another_device.mdwn index 276c0313db..f31a2b79bf 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/special_directory_remotes__58___git_annex_copy_fails_if_tmp__47___is_a_symbolic_link_to_another_device.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/special_directory_remotes__58___git_annex_copy_fails_if_tmp__47___is_a_symbolic_link_to_another_device.mdwn @@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6 ### 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) Of course! git-annex is totally amazing in order to manage big collections of files. I'm using it for my videos, and for my photos as well (thousands of files), on Linux and MacOS. Thank you very much for this awesome tool! +> [[closing|done]] per my comment --[[Joey]] diff --git a/doc/bugs/special_directory_remotes__58___git_annex_copy_fails_if_tmp__47___is_a_symbolic_link_to_another_device/comment_2_993f86881ae46fbd1c402626c6380ece._comment b/doc/bugs/special_directory_remotes__58___git_annex_copy_fails_if_tmp__47___is_a_symbolic_link_to_another_device/comment_2_993f86881ae46fbd1c402626c6380ece._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3d826039eb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/special_directory_remotes__58___git_annex_copy_fails_if_tmp__47___is_a_symbolic_link_to_another_device/comment_2_993f86881ae46fbd1c402626c6380ece._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 2""" + date="2021-01-29T18:28:30Z" + content=""" +The directory special remote writes to a directory under the "tmp" +directory, and then it renames that into place. Amoung other things that +makes the update happen atomically. If "tmp" is on another filesystem than +the final destination, a rename won't work. + +I just don't see any point in making this be supported, because if it were, +git-annex would have to first write to the "tmp" directory, and then +re-write the same files all over again to the final destination. So making +the tmp directory be on a faster device can't actually speed anything up. +It would just make it slower. +"""]]