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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-01-06 22:33:57 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-01-06 22:33:57 -0400 |
| commit | 0260f886545e085076d163b064957a8f07ac42c5 (patch) | |
| tree | 7cde1cdb388bb5959be6fe31944580cadf3ca4cb /doc/backends.mdwn | |
| parent | fdfb59dc984766c79535bf7d00ba9ce35f0eae4f (diff) | |
note about windows path length issues with larger hashes
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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. |