From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 19:45:05 +0000 (-0400) Subject: response X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/10.20250416-2+rpi1~1^2~322^2~45 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=de1c3c3e4845360558ebbac61f0b845f52a086d1;p=git-annex.git response --- diff --git a/doc/forum/git_annex_drop_not_freeing_space_on_filesystem/.comment_3_de4aa12c84a6025497f8c743a397ef63._comment.swp b/doc/forum/git_annex_drop_not_freeing_space_on_filesystem/.comment_3_de4aa12c84a6025497f8c743a397ef63._comment.swp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b1e91fa2e6 Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/forum/git_annex_drop_not_freeing_space_on_filesystem/.comment_3_de4aa12c84a6025497f8c743a397ef63._comment.swp differ diff --git a/doc/forum/git_annex_drop_not_freeing_space_on_filesystem/comment_3_248cb012c87605479fb17fa4aadc1185._comment b/doc/forum/git_annex_drop_not_freeing_space_on_filesystem/comment_3_248cb012c87605479fb17fa4aadc1185._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3f35c5016b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/git_annex_drop_not_freeing_space_on_filesystem/comment_3_248cb012c87605479fb17fa4aadc1185._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 3""" + date="2015-11-30T19:42:47Z" + content=""" +git annex drop can only drop files that the local repository knows about. +Perhaps you forgot to update your local repo (eg with `git annex sync`) so +it didn't know about the files in the remote and so couldn't drop them. + +Of course, git annex drop also will refuse to drop a file from a repository +if that not preserve the required number of copies of the file. It will +tell you if this is the case. + +You need to post more details. I can assure you that git annex drop drops +content from a repository. +"""]]