Hi, I'm attempting to uninit my giant git annex repo for my home folder. I've upgraded this to the latest repo version that uses smudge files instead of direct mode.
However, when I try to uninit it, I end up with many broken symlinks, similar to that described here.
Any suggestions on how I can best restore these files to my home directory and migrate to using annex for an annex folder for stuff I need to transfer?
Thanks!
If you uninit a repository that does not have the content of some files locally present, you'll be left with broken symlinks for those files.
The way to avoid this is to run
git annex get
to get the contents of all files downloaded into the repository before you uninit.