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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2017-02-24 15:40:28 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2017-02-24 15:40:28 -0400
commita9603a022f086e0b0a2e5b4d9d1b38aaa672cd17 (patch)
treeaede4dfa2a953ed73024db549df9e3aa383b609d
parent2f868db90c7ba16eee901b9b1472b1e1a889dd93 (diff)
Revert "pointer to a todo"
This reverts commit d884cdfbed61fa451c54562711ab5a12f41a7f7a. todo is not ready yet
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@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ The file checked into git symlinks to the key. This key can later be used
to retrieve the file's content (its value).
Multiple pluggable key-value backends are supported, and a single repository
-can use different ones for different files.
-
-These are the recommended backends to use.
+can use different ones for different files.
* `SHA256E` -- The default backend for new files, combines a 256 bit SHA-2
hash of the file's content with the file's extension. This allows
@@ -22,10 +20,6 @@ These are the recommended backends to use.
* `SKEIN512`, `SKEIN512E`, `SKEIN256`, `SKEIN256E`
-- [Skein hash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skein_hash),
a well-regarded SHA3 hash competition finalist.
-
-The backends below do not guarantee cryptographically that the
-content of an annexed file remains unchanged.
-
* `SHA1`, `SHA1E`, `MD5`, `MD5E` -- Smaller hashes than `SHA256`
for those who want a checksum but are not concerned about security.
* `WORM` ("Write Once, Read Many") -- This assumes that any file with
@@ -36,11 +30,6 @@ content of an annexed file remains unchanged.
It's generated when using eg, `git annex addurl --fast`, when the file
content is not available for hashing.
-If you want to be able to prove that you're working with the same file
-contents that were checked into a repository earlier, you should avoid
-using the non-cryptographically-secure backends, and will need to use
-signed git commits. See [[tips/using_signed_git_commits]] for details.
-
Note that the various 512 and 384 length hashes result in long paths,
which are known to not work on Windows. If interoperability on Windows is a
concern, avoid those.