forum/How are people handling the v8 repo upgrade?git-annexhttp://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/How_are_people_handling_the_v8_repo_upgrade__63__/git-annexikiwiki2020-11-05T17:55:31Zcomment 1http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/How_are_people_handling_the_v8_repo_upgrade__63__/comment_1_30fb300ec5dbdb166f2bb979c6f2ee78/Lukey2020-10-27T09:06:38Z2020-10-27T09:06:38Z
I just use the (daily) standalone linux build everywhere, not the package from my distro. I extract it to <code>/opt</code>, set <code>GIT_ANNEX_PACKAGE_INSTALL=no</code> at the top of <code>git-annex.linux/runshell</code> and then link git-annex to <code>/usr/bin/git-annex</code> with <code>ln -s /opt/git-annex.linux/git-annex /usr/bin/git-annex</code>.
comment 2http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/How_are_people_handling_the_v8_repo_upgrade__63__/comment_2_23cfa4b9abe96e4477f06c5271b706b2/joey2020-10-27T18:33:45Z2020-10-27T18:23:30Z
<p>A git-annex repo consisting of annex symlinks (locked files) can be cloned
and used on machines running git-annex versions between 2 and 8. (Any
version from the past 9 years.) It's the same information stored in git.</p>
<p>If you choose to commit unlocked files to the repo, those files will only
work when using git-annex 7 or 8. But that's optional and you can also just
re-lock the files to regain compatability all the way back to version 2.</p>
<p>So, no, you do not need to worry about git-annex sync breaking something.</p>
<p>And, git-annex 8 on one machine can talk to git-annex 7 (or any version
really) on another machine, no problem.</p>
<p>Now, if you have a repo that you are physically moving around between
machines, on USB for example, then the machines all need have to have
a git-annex version installed that's compatible with the annex.version
of the repo.</p>
comment 3http://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/How_are_people_handling_the_v8_repo_upgrade__63__/comment_3_b05a8c63d2594290769aeeaabc91f491/interfect2020-11-05T17:55:31Z2020-11-05T17:55:31Z
<p>Oh, that must be the problem; the remote that's giving me trouble is on NTFS, so I think everything has been automatically unlocked there.</p>
<p>I'll just wait for Raspian to upgrade, and see about switching to a better filesystem in the meantime.</p>