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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2012-01-19 15:26:43 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2012-01-19 15:27:39 -0400
commit711c15456109f77a04832d8ca0871ce56ffaffe4 (patch)
tree3a02eefa685579366e8bc0286602516b9d591b7e
parent90319afa41ca6d8a9ffe00d787dc3dcdff320f00 (diff)
update NEWS
Add news item recommending fscking directory special remotes. Remote news item about URL backend being removed; it was later added back to be used by git annex addurl --fast. Link NEWS into top level.
l---------NEWS1
-rw-r--r--debian/NEWS11
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..798088bec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+debian/NEWS \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
index f807d0525..298ff1f7e 100644
--- a/debian/NEWS
+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-git-annex (3.20110702) unstable; urgency=low
+git-annex (3.20120119) unstable; urgency=low
- The URL backend has been removed. Instead the new web remote can be used.
+ There was a bug in the handling of directory special remotes that
+ could cause partial file contents to be stored in them. If you use
+ a directory special remote, you should fsck it, to avoid potential
+ data loss.
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:40:51 -0400
+ Example: git annex fsck --from mydirectory
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:24:23 -0400
git-annex (3.20110624) experimental; urgency=low