git-annex setup

gistfile1.txt

[[email protected] custom]# git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/git-annex-stuff/custom/.git/

# use fqdn for the name
[[email protected] custom]# git annex init $(facter fqdn)
init relabs-puppet2.relabs.releng.scl3.mozilla.com ok
(Recording state in git...)

# then added and committed existing files
git annex add .
git commit -am "old files"

## NOTE: using 'git add' is BAD -- a 'git annex add' afterward will not tell you what happened..

[[email protected] git-annex-stuff]# git clone custom custom2
Cloning into 'custom2'...
done.
[[email protected] git-annex-stuff]# cd custom2/
[[email protected] custom2]# git annex init custom2
init custom2 ok
(Recording state in git...)
[[email protected] custom2]# git remote add custom ../custom
[[email protected] custom2]# cd ../custom
[[email protected] custom]# git remote add custom2 ../custom2/

[[email protected] custom]# cp -r /data/repos/yum/releng/public/CentOS/ .
[[email protected] custom]# git annex add CentOS/
[[email protected] custom]# git commit -am "added centos"

[[email protected] custom2]# git annex sync custom
## seems to do a 'git pull', but doesn't fill in the missing files (-> broken repo)
## and...

[[email protected] custom2]# git annex get .
fatal: Could not switch to '../../../.git/annex/objects/qQ/wV/SHA256-s49163962--3c2221750d5551d9a4fa1596ff44beb61bc586a23d0013b39cf71d625ef85750': No such file or directory

git-annex: <file descriptor: 4>: hGetLine: end of file
failed
fatal: Could not switch to '../../../.git/annex/objects/p0/8J/SHA256-s94724465--c04218fb1ac8c291583fed821292e39f97c1740d213cf50f41d73475f868e577': No such file or directory

## I see the same thing trying to follow the git-annex walkthrough

notes.txt

* direct mode?
* 'git annex sync --content' doesn't work...

CentOS/EPEL 6 support git-annex-3.20120522. CentOS/EPEL 7 support git-annex-5.mumble, but we're not running CentOS 7, and trying to mix the two very much does not work.