Re: Misreading .prf file? (SOLVED; plus suggestion)

Turns out that one root was a symlink to the other, but my aged eyes could not see the indicator for that in the GUI.

I would recommend the diagnostic message be changed to say "Second root is a symlink to the first root" (on the third line; keeping the first two lines the same).

> On Jun 20, 2025, at 14:43, Head Geek (伟思礼) <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> How does this happen?
> ========
> WGroleau@MacBookPro ~ % unison GPT                 
> Unison 2.53.7 (ocaml 5.2.0): Contacting server...
> 
> Error: That's no good, the roots appear to be the same! Here's what I found:
> First root: /Library/WebServer/Documents/GR/GPT
> Second root: /Library/WebServer/Documents/GR/GPT
> WGroleau@MacBookPro ~ % cat .unison/GPT.prf
> # Unison sync for Trust docs
> # syncs GPT in ~/Money to GPT on the local HappyHobo (GR)
> # (GR.prf syncs that to website with password protection)
> 
> root = /Library/WebServer/Documents/GR/GPT
> root = /Users/WGroleau/Money/Will_Trust/GPT
> 
> logfile = GPT.log
> 
> auto = true
> 
> ignore = Name .unison
> 
> include default
> WGroleau@MacBookPro ~ % cat .unison/default.prf     # Unison default preferences file
> 
> backup = Name *
> maxbackups = 5
> log = true
> ignore = Name .unison
> ignore = Name data/cache
> ignore = Name cache/supercache
> ignore = Name wp-content/cache
> ignore = Name wp-statistics%
> WGroleau@MacBookPro ~ %  
> WGroleau@MacBookPro ~ % file .unison/GPT.prf .unison/default.prf
> .unison/GPT.prf:     ASCII text
> .unison/default.prf: ASCII text
> ============
> locale is utf8 but there are no non-ASCII characters in there
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