Hello,
I am using the latest git-annex with the webui having two local folders (one over nfs) connected as a full backup group.
On every reboot I get a jumping ball icon with the text:
"Attempting to repair [tr2]"
And the later the text:
"failed to sync to tr2"
The debug log is filled with entries like this, where the number of deltas is increasing:
[2014-08-26 20:34:50 CEST] PushRetrier: Syncing with tr2 fatal: pack has 15 unresolved deltas error: unpack failed: index-pack abnormal exit To /nfs/backup ! [remote rejected] git-annex -> synced/git-annex (n/a (unpacker error)) ! [remote rejected] annex/direct/master -> synced/master (n/a (unpacker error)) error: failed to push some refs to '/nfs/backup''
My version is:
assistant version 5.20140517.4
[Solved]
The following of the steps at: http://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/what_to_do_when_a_repository_is_corrupted/ provided some clues and I discovered that the disk was broken. But a big thanks to git-annex which made it possible to discover this issue early!
Sorry I didn't get to this earlier. I'm glad you managed to solve the problem, but there is something I am curious about: You say you had 2 folders set as full backups. Were these git repositories in their own right, or were they something else, eg directory special remotes?
I ask because, if there were git repositories then the repair should have been able to pull the missing git objects from them, and fix your repository. Unless the broken disk somehow kept corrupting it, I suppose..