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| author |  http://joeyh.name/ <http://joeyh.name/@web> | 2012-10-17 17:32:52 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2012-10-17 17:32:52 +0000 |
| commit | 4ca90e1d4cc132a55a5f59d31a3993809b8ac26f (patch) | |
| tree | 41a71cb5ccc34a23da306b089b10a43e6b15a888 | |
| parent | 328dba857b76492ab2d5b6ff0364e1068d7ba2bf (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/Don__39__t_understand_local_vs._known_keys/comment_2_db9f1b6d9638c2b0a7e241c2727e8cfb._comment b/doc/forum/Don__39__t_understand_local_vs._known_keys/comment_2_db9f1b6d9638c2b0a7e241c2727e8cfb._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c1ca018f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Don__39__t_understand_local_vs._known_keys/comment_2_db9f1b6d9638c2b0a7e241c2727e8cfb._comment @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="2001:4978:f:21a::2" + subject="comment 2" + date="2012-10-17T17:32:52Z" + content=""" +The local keys are files whose content is locally present. +The known keys are annexed files in the current branch, whose content may or may not be present. + +Justin is correct -- if you have the same file in the tree twice, it will be counted twice as known keys. Since git-annex deuplicates, only one local key is needed to store it. + +The bloom filter is a technical implementation detail that allows the potentially expensive status scan to run in constant space. You can read about it on Wikipedia if interested. :) +"""]] |