Hey,
I lost some symlinks to my data and I do not know how to recover them. I was in view mode with some tag folders already there. I added new files from outside annex into some folder and 'git annex add' those files.
What I expected: Git-Annex should add those files to the annex, move the symlinks to the root of the annex (because there is no other way to tell where to put them) and tag them with the specific tag. That is the way I would like to work, first tag, then organize in folder structure.
Now that seems not to be a scenario which has been respected? Because I don't see my files... anywhere. Not in master branch nor in the view branch (I already did 'git annex vpop'). If that is not supported and never will be git-annex should not accept data from the outside world if it is currently in view mode.
Now, how do I get my symlinks back? I guess the content is still there, but the links are missing and I don't find any reference or history log to revert that. 'git annex unused' does not show them either.
I hope somebody can help me 
Cheers, Stephan
OK, I could find the commit where I have added the data. I can 'git show' the commit and see the keys. I can also checkout the commit and I can see my data. Now I tried to create symlinks based on the keys I found in the commit, so whats the right way?
I am not sure what to do now :-/.
views are a somewhat new feature that still needs work, and you will find this question of what to do about a file added while in a view in the todo list here.
Since views are just git branches, you can check out the view branch where you added the file, and it'll still be there. You could merge the branch (probably not a good idea since the filenames are moved around in the view).
Using
fromkeywill also work, if you have the right key and the content is present in the annex -- I just tested it.