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The git-annex Windows port is not ready for prime time. But it does exist
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now! --[[Joey]]
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## status
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* Does not work with Cygwin's build of git (that git does not consistently
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support use of DOS style paths, which git-annex uses on Windows).
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Must use Msysgit.
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* rsync special remotes are known buggy.
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* Bad file locking, it's probably not safe to run more than one git-annex
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process at the same time on Windows.
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* Ssh connection caching does not work on Windows, so `git annex get`
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has to connect twice to the remote system over ssh per file, which
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is much slower than on systems supporting connection caching.
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* `git annex watch` works, but does not detect when files are still open
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for write as they're being added (no lsof). So watch/webapp/assistant
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have to be started with --force, and may be unsafe. (Also breaks initial
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repo creation, autostart, restarting, etc, as --force is not propigated.)
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* `git annex assistant` has not been tested, is probably quite incomplete.
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Is known to not download any files. (transferrer doesn't built yet)
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* webapp: Odd problem when using Firefox: Some links don't seem to load.
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Clicking on such a link repeatedly will eventually load the right page.
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Network console shows web browser is requesting page "/"
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despite a link to another page being clicked on. Workaround: Use Chrome
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instead; no such problem there.
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* No XMPP support (needs a lot of C libraries which are available in
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cygwin, but pkg-config does not list them once installed).
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