git-annex/doc/devblog/day_78__desidetracked.mdwn
Joey Hess e213ef310f git-annex (5.20140717) unstable; urgency=high
* Fix minor FD leak in journal code. Closes: #754608
  * direct: Fix handling of case where a work tree subdirectory cannot
    be written to due to permissions.
  * migrate: Avoid re-checksumming when migrating from hashE to hash backend.
  * uninit: Avoid failing final removal in some direct mode repositories
    due to file modes.
  * S3: Deal with AWS ACL configurations that do not allow creating or
    checking the location of a bucket, but only reading and writing content to
    it.
  * resolvemerge: New plumbing command that runs the automatic merge conflict
    resolver.
  * Deal with change in git 2.0 that made indirect mode merge conflict
    resolution leave behind old files.
  * sync: Fix git sync with local git remotes even when they don't have an
    annex.uuid set. (The assistant already did so.)
  * Set gcrypt-publish-participants when setting up a gcrypt repository,
    to avoid unncessary passphrase prompts.
    This is a security/usability tradeoff. To avoid exposing the gpg key
    ids who can decrypt the repository, users can unset
    gcrypt-publish-participants.
  * Install nautilus hooks even when ~/.local/share/nautilus/ does not yet
    exist, since it is not automatically created for Gnome 3 users.
  * Windows: Move .vbs files out of git\bin, to avoid that being in the
    PATH, which caused some weird breakage. (Thanks, divB)
  * Windows: Fix locking issue that prevented the webapp starting
    (since 5.20140707).

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I've switched over to mostly working on Windows porting in the evenings
when bored, with days spent on other git-annex stuff. So, getting back to
the planned [[design/roadmap]] for this month..
Set up a [tip4commit for git-annex](http://tip4commit.com/projects/152).
Anyone who gets a commit merged in will receive a currently small amount of
bitcoin. This would almost be a good way to encourage more committers
other than me, by putting say, half the money I have earmarked for that into
the tip jar. The problem is, I make too many commits myself, so most of the
money would be quickly tipped back out to me! I have gotten in touch with the
tip4commit people, and hope they will give me a way to blacklist
myself from being tipped.
Designed a [[design/external_special_remote_protocol]] that seems pretty
good for first-class special remotes implemented outside git-annex.
It's moderately complicated on the git-annex side to make it simple and
flexible on the special remote side, but I estimate only a few days to build
it once I have the design finalized.
# windows
Tested the autobuilt windows webapp. It works! Sorted out some issues with
the bundled libraries.
Reworked how `git annex transferkeys` communicates, to make it easier to
port it to Windows. Narrowly managed to avoid needing to write Haskell
bindings to Windows's equivilant of `pipe(2)`. I think the Windows
assistant can transfer keys now. and the webapp UI may even be able to be
used to stop transfers. Needs testing.
Investigated what I'll need to get XMPP working on Windows. Most of the
libs are available in cygwin, but gsasl would need to be built from source.
Also some kind of space-in-path problem is preventing cabal installing some
of the necessary dependencies.