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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-01-07 17:26:05 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-01-07 17:26:05 -0400 |
| commit | 2da860256a11db54cad7ff981fc4e9e000572564 (patch) | |
| tree | b7d3f4c43e3888ce79f3b41c3668cb665ebc8348 /doc/backends.mdwn | |
| parent | 6d9eb8da566c410c7780e15625dfed3f76a3e8f8 (diff) | |
| parent | 5cb4e8b3705db23d652e0a5f12ab2de88fe721e7 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git-annex.branchable.com into relativepaths
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diff --git a/doc/backends.mdwn b/doc/backends.mdwn index 06475adfb..bf6471fa7 100644 --- a/doc/backends.mdwn +++ b/doc/backends.mdwn @@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ can use different ones for different files. -- [Skein hash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skein_hash), a well-regarded SHA3 hash competition finalist. +Note that the SHA512, SKEIN512 and SHA384 generate long paths, +which are known to not work on Windows. If interoperability on Windows is a +concern, avoid those backends. + The `annex.backends` git-config setting can be used to list the backends git-annex should use. The first one listed will be used by default when new files are added. |