Please describe the problem.
Downloaded git-annex (version for android 5.0) from the website. Upon opening the app for the first time and setting up a repository at /sdcard/annex, the terminal gave out the error.
What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
Nexus 4 running Cyanogenmod 12.1 (Android 5.1) build 20151007 and 20150901
Please provide any additional information below.
Output to the terminal window:
WARNING: linker: git-annex has text relocations. This is wating memory and prevents security hardening. Please fix.
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
Detected a filesystem without fifo support.
Disabling ssh connection caching.
Detected a crippled filesystem.
Enabling direct mode.
fatal: ../../../../sdcard/annex: '../../../../sdcard/annex' is outside of repository
(recording state in git...)
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
__bionic_open_tzdata_path: ANDROID_ROOT not set!
I can add remote repositories and they show up nicely in the webapp, but no files are ever downloaded.
Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
I have a couple of repositories atm, one with my music, another that backs up our family pictures for the family and uses Amazon S3 as a backup.
Closing as this was a bug in the deprecated Android app. done --Joey
I'm closing this bug report because the git-annex Android app that it was reported on is now deprecated. Instead, we have a way to run the regular git-annex build for linux on Android in termux: https://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/install_on_Android_in_Termux/
There were a lot of problems with the way the git-annex Android app was put together, and I hope this new approach avoids them. If you try it and still have the bug you reported, please followup and I'll reopen it.