From: Ilya_Shlyakhter Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 15:06:35 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Added a comment: don't give up ;) X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/10.20250416-2+rpi1~1^2~91^2~3 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4ce24173e82274a4023ef0e9f06437f1ad56fbde;p=git-annex.git Added a comment: don't give up ;) --- diff --git a/doc/forum/General_questions_and_help/comment_2_972231014d3da4fcd8fb2a77d76e7b77._comment b/doc/forum/General_questions_and_help/comment_2_972231014d3da4fcd8fb2a77d76e7b77._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e1ac589bd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/General_questions_and_help/comment_2_972231014d3da4fcd8fb2a77d76e7b77._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="Ilya_Shlyakhter" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0" + subject="don't give up ;)" + date="2021-08-03T15:06:35Z" + content=""" +There's a learning curve, especially around the areas you mention. I think the rules for which files go into annex vs git have evolved in a somewhat ad-hoc way as @joeyh did his best to reconcile people's different use cases, so ended up being somewhat complex. It may be worth taking the time to read the [[main page|git-annex]] top-to-bottom once, especially the config options, and also the [[internals]] page. You can tag git branches when things are in a good state so you can later reset them if anything goes wrong; note though that you'd want to tag the git-annex branch and any `synced/*` branches as well. + +I've tried using git-annex on Windows and gave up, using it inside an Ubuntu guest VM via VirtualBox, but I think others have successfully used it on Windows. Overall I've found git-annex to be very reliable and adaptable to almost any scenario, and these forums helpful. The issues I've had with git-annex have been mostly around slowness on large repos, but recent releases have made strides to address that. +"""]]