I seem to be having issues with annex.largefiles. I initialize git and the annex, then I set largefiles to put everything in the annex, generate a 1Mb file, git add it, and commit it. The file is copied and renamed to its hash value in .git/annex/objects but the file also remains in the main directory instead of being replaced with a symlink. Here are my steps to create the issue:
git init
git annex init
git annex config --set annex.largefiles anything
fallocate -l 1M test.bin
git add test.bin
git commit -a -m "Test"
I've also tried creating a .gitattributes file in the main directory with the following attribute:
* annex.largefiles=anything
Still, nothing is symlinked.
It works just fine when I run git annex add test.bin. It puts the file in the annex and creates a symlink to it.
I've tried this on Fedora 39 with git annex version 10.20230626 and on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with git annex version 8.20210223. These are both fresh machines that have never had git or git-annex run on them before.
What am I doing wrong here? Should I be filing a bug report?
I think this is intended behavior when adding with
git add, or at least it's what I've seen for long enough for me to have forgotten if it ever was different.git annex addwill create symlinks, as willgit add && git annex lock.If this was actually a small file, you wouldn't see it hashed & copied under .git/annex/objects. You should also see in git log that the change is an addition of some git annex key, not a git blob diff as would be the case for a small file.
NB: I'm just another user, @joey please correct me if this is wrong
git addalways adds the annexed file unlocked. You cangit-annex lockthe file is you want to convert it to a symlink.(The reason for this difference between
git addandgit-annex addis that there's simply no way for git-annex to tellgit addto make the file be a symlink.)