On initial sync, all files are in deleted status

[dmfrey]

When I setup git-sync, it seems to clone correctly, but when I shell into the container and into the root folder, I only see the symlink directory and worktrees.

Calling git status shows all the files as deleted.

What is causing this?

Here's my environment config:

env:
    GITSYNC_REPO: git@github.com:some/repo.git
    GITSYNC_REF: main
    GITSYNC_PERIOD: 10s # 1 day
    GITSYNC_ROOT: /tmp/config
    GITSYNC_ADD_USER: "true"

[thockin]

The root directory is in a "no-checkout" state. Don't rely on it being useful. For example, I have a PR which hides it further.

The only useful directory is $root/$link which should always point to the latest complete sync.

[dmfrey]

@thockin what is the appropriate step to put it into a good working state? This is meant to be automatic, should the cluster go away. I'm using this for my Home Assistant configuration. If this information doesn't return, HA is in a misconfigured state.

[thockin]

I don't understand what you want. It should be in a "good" state, it just doesn't have any files in it. The symlink allows for atomic updates to the contents of the repo, and that is the only "contract" git-sync provides.

[dmfrey]

Sorry, i didn't get a chance to get back to you. Yes, it seems to be checking out the code, setting up the work tree, but when it copies it back to the --root there are no files there. If i do git status it has them all deleted. When I say its not in a good working state, it's because of that. No files exist in the directory it's supposed to copy them too. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong but the config I originally posted above was all I did to configure it.

[thockin]

No files exist in the directory it's supposed to copy them too

It is not supposed to copy them to --root. The files you want are "in" the symlink. Anything in --root, other than that, is an implementation detail.

In other words:

$ git-sync --repo=<repo> --root=/git --link=current 2>/dev/null &

$ sleep 5

$ git -C /git/current status