#855648 git-annex: Please document what "git annex dead" without further parameter does

Package:
git-annex
Source:
git-annex
Description:
manage files with git, without checking their contents into git
Submitter:
Axel Beckert
Date:
2026-08-16 13:57:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#855648#5
Date:
2017-02-20 21:47:33 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

I accidently called "git annex dead" without further parameter and it
did something, I just don't have an idea what:

→ git annex dead
dead  ok
(recording state in git...)
→ git annex dead
dead  ok
(recording state in git...)
→

But "git show" showed nothing related.

I tried to reprodce it with a fresh git repo, but there I was only able
to get a meaningful error message:

→ git annex dead
dead  git-annex: no remote specified

So I wonder if I accidentially marked my local repository as "dead".

The same counts for the (according to the git-annex-dead man page)
reverse command:

Repo with a lot of history and remotes:

→ git-annex semitrust
semitrust  ok
(recording state in git...)

Virgin repo:

→ git-annex semitrust
semitrust  git-annex: no remote specified