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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-02-04 16:07:54 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-02-04 16:07:54 -0400 |
| commit | 1371277f2d42a3a5f9d40479c6db0f4094f02585 (patch) | |
| tree | 6dcb7cdc11e338cbbb0d3e8f8cb410288a4910c5 | |
| parent | 447f3ea808c3dba41a7208ce429193426fcc4b19 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/todo/wishlist:_use_hardlinks_for_local_clones/comment_4_e0be9631d7f017dbff5baaabbd0e2d5c._comment | 14 |
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diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_use_hardlinks_for_local_clones/comment_4_e0be9631d7f017dbff5baaabbd0e2d5c._comment b/doc/todo/wishlist:_use_hardlinks_for_local_clones/comment_4_e0be9631d7f017dbff5baaabbd0e2d5c._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..69dc0a6ce --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/wishlist:_use_hardlinks_for_local_clones/comment_4_e0be9631d7f017dbff5baaabbd0e2d5c._comment @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 4""" + date="2015-02-04T20:03:19Z" + content=""" +No, please don't wrap your `cp`. Forcing git-annex to hard link +files like that can result in data loss, in a number of different +scenarios. And it's generally asking for a broken system. + +Since version 5.20140915, you can "git clone --shared" and +this will set up a clone of a repository in which git-annex will +use hardlinks, in a safe and reliable way. (Notably it marks the clone +as untrusted.) +"""]] |