Trying to add a Backblaze b2 special remote using rclone.
Have tested the remote using rclone so I know it is set up properly and connecting.
Running
git annex initremote remotename type=rclone encryption=none rcloneremotename=remotename
to initiate the remote in git-annex.
It fails with:
initremote remotename
git-annex: this rclone remote does not support empty directories
failed
initremote: 1 failed
Can not figure out what that means, searching does not help. What have I missed?
Hi, author of rclone's "gitannex" command here. Sorry you're running into trouble with it!
Based on the text, that error is definitely coming from gitannex.go.
I believe that my intent was to detect that the following mkdir would fail, and offer up a more specific error message rather than letting it fail.
I don't know anything about Backblaze B2, unfortunately. I suppose we could work around the issue by creating an empty file underneath the place we want the empty directory. Sounds plausible, right?
Would you mind trying to make an empty directory on your B2 remote to verify it fails? Something like
rclone mkdir myremote:newdir.And also try touching a file in a new directory to verify it's possible in one go? Something like
rclone touch --recursive myremote:newdir/newfile.txt.