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author | lkcl <lkcl@web> | 2015-07-01 07:58:24 -0400 |
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committer | admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2015-07-01 07:58:24 -0400 |
commit | c462df83479c2a56978ce85993ffafdf9d3ce692 (patch) | |
tree | c7585b2cfbcb75011b375a3edc3d4f68b9194504 /doc/bugs/continuously_getting_merge_errors.mdwn | |
parent | 9828ada0d2663c6d91fb1fc1bba354e0535d3243 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/continuously_getting_merge_errors.mdwn b/doc/bugs/continuously_getting_merge_errors.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ebfd5e232 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/continuously_getting_merge_errors.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +links: + +https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775310 +http://ikiwiki.info/forum/Your_local_changes_to_the_following_files_would_be_overwritten_by_merge:/ + +phil is kindly running ikiwiki on hands.com as http://rhombus-tech.net +we continuously run into "merge" issues which need recovering on a +near monthly basis. + +i have a local checkout of the repository: i often need to upload images via +that, doing the usual "git pull", followed by "git commit -a", followed by +"git push", adding an HTML page that is edited by vim as well as the images. + +i also often need to "recover" the wiki - for example by renaming pages that +users have erroneously added, deleting pages that they should not have made, +moving pages from locations that they should not have added or that i decide +should be restructured. + +these are the operations where everything usually gets completely fscked. + +the really weird thing is that when i know that things are out-of-sync, +a "git pull" gives a *completely different* head branch from the one shown +through the RecentChanges log! + +phil has often had to recover an entire set of files that are completely out +of sync, that never enter the "git pull" stream onto my laptop, and are not +visible on the wiki itself either. + +this is all incredibly strange and mysterious, but it basically means that +ikiwiki is not particularly robust and reliable for everyday use. i'd very +much like it to be! + |