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author | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-02-24 11:53:59 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-02-24 11:53:59 -0400 |
commit | 1da3d6d7d6e44e2e4cc2930f6db4c37af20dd718 (patch) | |
tree | 3eae10ae93a1b45b9aaef355cb692423211a8740 /doc/backends.mdwn | |
parent | 9ca99b8312678f171414a4c33e2f283ee60d23a5 (diff) |
clarify that annex.backends is used when adding new files
Even if annex.backends does not include a backend, that does not prevent
git-annex commands from acting on a file using the missing backend.
(There's really no reason at all for annex.backends to be a list.)
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/backends.mdwn | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/backends.mdwn b/doc/backends.mdwn index 710255dcf..d26cadce5 100644 --- a/doc/backends.mdwn +++ b/doc/backends.mdwn @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ which are known to not work on Windows. If interoperability on Windows is a concern, avoid those. 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. +git-annex should use when adding new files. The first one listed will +be used. For finer control of what backend is used when adding different types of files, the `.gitattributes` file can be used. The `annex.backend` |