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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-07-26 20:21:49 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-07-26 20:21:49 -0400 |
| commit | e16b1702f9de3fa2e7b4ba160fc8c9b6c318d035 (patch) | |
| tree | 720cd1d1980afe74b679725dba587cbddf954cf4 | |
| parent | 246cf74542a6539abc2f0e32fab4a29b1b44625b (diff) | |
doc update for new chunking
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn | 12 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index bbdea7b7b..d5c000003 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ git-annex (5.20140718) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + * New chunk= option to chunk files stored in directory remotes. + * The old chunksize= option is deprecated. Do not use for new remotes! + * Legacy code for directory remotes using the old chunksize= option + will keep them working, but more slowly than before. * webapp: Automatically install Konqueror integration scripts to get and drop files. * repair: Removing bad objects could leave fsck finding no more diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn index 96d593821..de7ab904e 100644 --- a/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn +++ b/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn @@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ remote: * `keyid` - Specifies the gpg key to use for [[encryption]]. -* `chunksize` - Avoid storing files larger than the specified size in the +* `chunk` - Avoid storing files larger than the specified size in the directory. For use on directories on mount points that have file size limitations. The default is to never chunk files. The value can use specified using any commonly used units. - Example: `chunksize=100 megabytes` - Note that enabling chunking on an existing remote with non-chunked - files is not recommended; nor is changing the chunksize. + Example: `chunk=100 megabytes` + Note that chunking can be disabled later by setting chunk=0, + and can also safely be changed to a different size as needed. + +* `chunksize` - Deprecated version of chunk parameter above. + Do not use for new remotes. It is not safe to change the chunksize + setting of an existing remote. Setup example: |