### Please describe the problem. This is a follow up to the question [1]. I've created 4 repos with the following vicfg. [[!format sh """ # git-annex configuration # # Changes saved to this file will be recorded in the git-annex branch. # # Lines in this file have the format: # setting field = value # Repository trust configuration # (Valid trust levels: trusted semitrusted untrusted dead) # (for web) #trust 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = semitrusted # (for bittorrent) #trust 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = semitrusted # (for repo2) #trust 2837f3d7-7c58-4177-8877-620213cf5146 = semitrusted # (for repo3) #trust b3cbb656-e797-45ba-bf43-08523d463146 = semitrusted # (for repo1) #trust e7673de4-d465-4557-be8f-b1400acf923e = semitrusted # Repository groups # (Standard groups: client transfer backup incrementalbackup smallarchive archive source manual public unwanted) # (Separate group names with spaces) # (for repo3) group b3cbb656-e797-45ba-bf43-08523d463146 = PodA # (for repo1) group e7673de4-d465-4557-be8f-b1400acf923e = PodA # (for repo2) group 2837f3d7-7c58-4177-8877-620213cf5146 = PodB # (for web) #group 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = # (for bittorrent) #group 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = # Repository preferred contents # (Set to "standard" to use a repository's group's preferred contents) # (for repo2) wanted 2837f3d7-7c58-4177-8877-620213cf5146 = groupwanted # (for repo1) wanted e7673de4-d465-4557-be8f-b1400acf923e = groupwanted # (for web) #wanted 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = # (for bittorrent) #wanted 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = # (for repo3) #wanted b3cbb656-e797-45ba-bf43-08523d463146 = # Group preferred contents # (Used by repositories with "groupwanted" in their preferred contents) groupwanted PodA = not copies=PodA:1 groupwanted PodB = not copies=PodB:1 #groupwanted archive = #groupwanted backup = #groupwanted client = #groupwanted incrementalbackup = #groupwanted manual = #groupwanted public = #groupwanted smallarchive = #groupwanted source = #groupwanted transfer = #groupwanted unwanted = # Standard preferred contents # (Used by wanted or groupwanted expressions containing "standard") # (For reference only; built-in and cannot be changed!) # standard client = (include=* and ((exclude=*/archive/* and exclude=archive/*) or (not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)))) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard transfer = (not (inallgroup=client and copies=client:2) and ((include=* and ((exclude=*/archive/* and exclude=archive/*) or (not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)))) or approxlackingcopies=1)) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard backup = anything # standard incrementalbackup = ((not copies=backup:1) and (not copies=incrementalbackup:1)) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard smallarchive = ((include=*/archive/* or include=archive/*) and ((not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)) or approxlackingcopies=1)) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard archive = (not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard source = not (copies=1) # standard manual = present and ((include=* and ((exclude=*/archive/* and exclude=archive/*) or (not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)))) or approxlackingcopies=1) # standard public = inpreferreddir # standard unwanted = not anything # Repository required contents # (for web) #required 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = # (for bittorrent) #required 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = # (for repo2) #required 2837f3d7-7c58-4177-8877-620213cf5146 = # (for repo3) #required b3cbb656-e797-45ba-bf43-08523d463146 = # (for repo1) #required e7673de4-d465-4557-be8f-b1400acf923e = # Scheduled activities # (Separate multiple activities with "; ") # (for web) #schedule 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = # (for bittorrent) #schedule 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = # (for repo2) #schedule 2837f3d7-7c58-4177-8877-620213cf5146 = # (for repo3) #schedule b3cbb656-e797-45ba-bf43-08523d463146 = # (for repo1) #schedule e7673de4-d465-4557-be8f-b1400acf923e = """]] This works as expected each file lands in 1 on of the repos on the group, not both. My original repo one with the problem has the following vicfg. [[!format sh """ # git-annex configuration # # Changes saved to this file will be recorded in the git-annex branch. # # Lines in this file have the format: # setting field = value # Repository trust configuration # (Valid trust levels: trusted semitrusted untrusted dead) # (for buse [origin]) trust bff7238e-bd92-4929-88a8-c59c1a1dcf03 = semitrusted # (for web) trust 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = untrusted # (for bittorrent) trust 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = untrusted # (for ) trust 03b19bdc-8497-4234-9ef6-c80d78e309f8 = dead # (for ) trust 0b1a34ce-a8e3-4002-b46a-83e96626305f = dead # (for ) trust 1459a238-6f60-4b43-8459-f7055b49e3c5 = dead # (for ) trust 14738d0f-2f50-4f93-a8e4-c29870d02ba1 = dead # (for ) trust 1512a830-7789-4bc8-a4a0-4c51eedd1109 = dead # (for ) trust 174d69cb-9b97-44df-9f15-aea00f66a61c = dead # (for ) trust 1ade7f29-2ad0-4ab0-a816-de55ffde389e = dead # (for ) trust 1ba9d14b-deae-46e6-b451-dbf0fa8aa934 = dead # (for ) trust 1dda84ca-4e8c-49b4-b673-35ec2b11557b = dead # (for ) trust 29aad234-82e6-45c9-9822-b650290c2264 = dead # (for ) trust 2be091a2-e721-4a86-a759-c5df7a41a61d = dead # (for ) trust 3540b01a-03f0-4a58-8ea1-7ca80002a22d = dead # (for ) trust 39b4d431-9d55-432d-a801-eaf4cf643de1 = dead # (for ) trust 3a443e72-e8e0-11e2-b7db-8feb865236d4 = dead # (for ) trust 42023cde-e95f-483c-8389-54b823aed789 = dead # (for ) trust 54a819c1-65a3-44e9-86c3-0eb602223ee8 = dead # (for ) trust 68846c04-912d-4bfc-80f3-3b8ec1e7a3c7 = dead # (for ) trust 69b10f7e-0214-4fd0-8138-ff4717d1f39f = dead # (for ) trust 7b236779-a961-4e72-abfc-56b764e53a9c = dead # (for ) trust 7cde3feb-3876-4c2a-a772-d4541eac8614 = dead # (for ) trust 8f3e7b2b-f8de-4114-bcdd-2ef3ed932c18 = dead # (for ) trust a3bd1546-e8df-11e2-bc54-a7edbf29f5da = dead # (for ) trust aa830256-4c63-44e3-9a3f-33b377de79d5 = dead # (for ) trust ad46e36b-df9c-4d45-9af1-58d17e798afa = dead # (for ) trust b5464382-b5f8-4ec3-b36d-a378b1202497 = dead # (for ) trust b6317827-97d3-44bd-8197-91cae0b56a19 = dead # (for ) trust bbb5dd98-f09d-11e2-a57b-d7185df9eef1 = dead # (for ) trust c6dfb856-a0cc-4e79-acbd-3600f4bce158 = dead # (for ) trust ccb11b54-ecc8-11e2-ad6c-af6445c8eedc = dead # (for ) trust cdbf33bc-17bc-49e3-b0d1-afa653a2c1f7 = dead # (for ) trust d8cf3fb5-4e8e-4732-b566-dab6f2d9dc4c = dead # (for ) trust e160a8ef-3b3d-4f0e-88eb-9ceba11b2f57 = dead # (for ) trust e39439a0-1486-55a0-ada3-c9785c08d650 = dead # (for ) trust e8bcb64b-17df-4d79-a5b6-9d444e4afa51 = dead # (for ) trust eae76b0e-ada9-4c5e-b9e3-db5998324e70 = dead # (for ) trust ec71b4bd-1b7b-408c-906f-91c4168fd89f = dead # (for ) trust f936015b-d62b-4899-a3f0-8d91efb385b5 = dead # (for damla) #trust 132503d4-dcde-4790-aabb-ee5ba539a3a0 = semitrusted # (for ozge) #trust 1e1d0c4e-b1da-465f-9140-7128a7e3ee13 = semitrusted # (for mini) #trust 7deafa14-8add-4316-984f-9b24eb713770 = semitrusted # (for irem) #trust aabc3536-a423-42b6-a234-5f110607296e = semitrusted # (for yesim) #trust ba3593c0-ddf1-4433-9916-aa25d1a52895 = semitrusted # (for hubic) #trust f980f309-0ebd-41c8-9303-73aff6409365 = semitrusted # Repository groups # (Standard groups: client transfer backup incrementalbackup smallarchive archive source manual public unwanted) # (Separate group names with spaces) # (for damla) group 132503d4-dcde-4790-aabb-ee5ba539a3a0 = PodA # (for ozge) group 1e1d0c4e-b1da-465f-9140-7128a7e3ee13 = PodA # (for irem) group aabc3536-a423-42b6-a234-5f110607296e = PodA # (for yesim) group ba3593c0-ddf1-4433-9916-aa25d1a52895 = PodA # (for buse [origin]) group bff7238e-bd92-4929-88a8-c59c1a1dcf03 = PodA # (for hubic) group f980f309-0ebd-41c8-9303-73aff6409365 = PodB # (for mini) group 7deafa14-8add-4316-984f-9b24eb713770 = manual # (for web) #group 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = # (for bittorrent) #group 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = # Repository preferred contents # (Set to "standard" to use a repository's group's preferred contents) # (for damla) wanted 132503d4-dcde-4790-aabb-ee5ba539a3a0 = groupwanted # (for ozge) wanted 1e1d0c4e-b1da-465f-9140-7128a7e3ee13 = groupwanted # (for irem) wanted aabc3536-a423-42b6-a234-5f110607296e = groupwanted # (for yesim) wanted ba3593c0-ddf1-4433-9916-aa25d1a52895 = groupwanted # (for buse [origin]) wanted bff7238e-bd92-4929-88a8-c59c1a1dcf03 = groupwanted # (for hubic) wanted f980f309-0ebd-41c8-9303-73aff6409365 = groupwanted # (for mini) wanted 7deafa14-8add-4316-984f-9b24eb713770 = standard # (for web) #wanted 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = # (for bittorrent) #wanted 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = # Group preferred contents # (Used by repositories with "groupwanted" in their preferred contents) groupwanted storagePodA = groupwanted storagePodB = groupwanted PodA = not copies=PodA:1 groupwanted PodB = not copies=PodB:1 #groupwanted archive = #groupwanted backup = #groupwanted client = #groupwanted incrementalbackup = #groupwanted manual = #groupwanted public = #groupwanted smallarchive = #groupwanted source = #groupwanted transfer = #groupwanted unwanted = # Standard preferred contents # (Used by wanted or groupwanted expressions containing "standard") # (For reference only; built-in and cannot be changed!) # standard client = (include=* and ((exclude=*/archive/* and exclude=archive/*) or (not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)))) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard transfer = (not (inallgroup=client and copies=client:2) and ((include=* and ((exclude=*/archive/* and exclude=archive/*) or (not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)))) or approxlackingcopies=1)) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard backup = anything # standard incrementalbackup = ((not copies=backup:1) and (not copies=incrementalbackup:1)) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard smallarchive = ((include=*/archive/* or include=archive/*) and ((not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)) or approxlackingcopies=1)) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard archive = (not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)) or approxlackingcopies=1 # standard source = not (copies=1) # standard manual = present and ((include=* and ((exclude=*/archive/* and exclude=archive/*) or (not (copies=archive:1 or copies=smallarchive:1)))) or approxlackingcopies=1) # standard public = inpreferreddir # standard unwanted = not anything # Repository required contents # (for damla) required 132503d4-dcde-4790-aabb-ee5ba539a3a0 = # (for ozge) required 1e1d0c4e-b1da-465f-9140-7128a7e3ee13 = # (for irem) required aabc3536-a423-42b6-a234-5f110607296e = # (for yesim) required ba3593c0-ddf1-4433-9916-aa25d1a52895 = # (for buse [origin]) required bff7238e-bd92-4929-88a8-c59c1a1dcf03 = # (for web) #required 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = # (for bittorrent) #required 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = # (for mini) #required 7deafa14-8add-4316-984f-9b24eb713770 = # (for hubic) #required f980f309-0ebd-41c8-9303-73aff6409365 = # Scheduled activities # (Separate multiple activities with "; ") # (for web) #schedule 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 = # (for bittorrent) #schedule 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 = # (for damla) #schedule 132503d4-dcde-4790-aabb-ee5ba539a3a0 = # (for ozge) #schedule 1e1d0c4e-b1da-465f-9140-7128a7e3ee13 = # (for mini) #schedule 7deafa14-8add-4316-984f-9b24eb713770 = # (for irem) #schedule aabc3536-a423-42b6-a234-5f110607296e = # (for yesim) #schedule ba3593c0-ddf1-4433-9916-aa25d1a52895 = # (for buse [origin]) #schedule bff7238e-bd92-4929-88a8-c59c1a1dcf03 = # (for hubic) #schedule f980f309-0ebd-41c8-9303-73aff6409365 = """]] With this settings all the repos tries get all of the files files that are present in other groups. Is there a way to debug this problem and tell why git-annex is trying to get the files? According to the settings it should not. I've also tried deleting all history this is a big (around 7 TB) old repo I thought maybe something got messed up along the way but it did not fix it. ### What steps will reproduce the problem? ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? [[!format sh """ git-annex version: 5.20150825-g7826f84 build flags: Assistant Webapp Webapp-secure Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV Inotify DBus DesktopNotify XMPP DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA Database key/value backends: SHA256E SHA256 SHA512E SHA512 SHA224E SHA224 SHA384E SHA384 SKEIN256E SKEIN256 SKEIN512E SKEIN512 SHA1E SHA1 MD5E MD5 WORM URL remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web bittorrent webdav tahoe glacier ddar hook external local repository version: 5 supported repository version: 5 upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2 4 """]] On Ubuntu 14.04. All repos are on external USB drives on the same machine except the one called "mini". ### Please provide any additional information below. [[!format sh """ # If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here. # If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log # End of transcript or log. """]] ### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders) [1] https://git-annex.branchable.com/forum/git-annex_does_not_respect_preferred_content_settings/ > [[fixed|done]] --[[Joey]]