[sheepdog] [PATCH] new option -i to initialize storage directory

[Chris Webb]

Dietmar Maurer <dietmar at proxmox.com> writes:

> > If you're going to do this, might it be better to test for the existence
> > of the typical obj, journal, epoch directories rather than mandate the
> > existence of a magic file with a long name and an ugly underscore?
> 
> That file should be a 'unique marker'. I can't see why it is 'magic' or
> 'ugly' (why is an underscore ugly?)

It just looks out of place in a directory of things that are otherwise
short, carefully chosen one-word names. If it's not meant to be
user-visible, I'd probably call it .sheepdog or something.

More generally, I'm not a fan of this behaviour change, but can always patch
it out again locally if there's otherwise consensus it's a good thing.

Cheers,

Chris.