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diff --git a/src/content/en/tils/2020/11/08/find-broken-symlink.adoc b/src/content/en/tils/2020/11/08/find-broken-symlink.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..624d24a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/en/tils/2020/11/08/find-broken-symlink.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ += Find broken symlinks with "find" +:categories: shell + +:annex: https://git-annex.branchable.com/ +:annex-wanted: https://git-annex.branchable.com/git-annex-wanted/ + +The `find` command knows how to show broken symlinks: + +[source,sh] +---- +find . -xtype l +---- + +This was useful to me when combined with {annex}[Git Annex]. Its +{annex-wanted}[`wanted`] option allows you to have a "sparse" checkout of the +content, and save space by not having to copy every annexed file locally: + +[source,sh] +---- +git annex wanted . 'exclude=Music/* and exclude=Videos/*' +---- + +You can `find` any broken symlinks outside those directories by querying with +Git Annex itself, but `find . -xtype l` works on other places too, where broken +symlinks might be a problem. |