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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-08-15 01:29:50 +0200
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-08-15 01:29:50 +0200
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By default, importing two files with the same contents from two different
locations will result in both files being added to the repository.
- (With most backends, only one copy of the data will be stored.)
+ (With all checksumming backends, including the default SHA256E,
+ only one copy of the data will be stored.)
To not delete files from the import location, use the
--duplicate option. This could allow importing the same files repeatedly
@@ -201,8 +202,8 @@ subdirectories).
repositories.
The --deduplicate option can be used to alter this behavior, making
- files whose content has already been seen by git-annex not be added
- to the repository, but just be deleted.
+ only files whose content has been seen before by git-annex be added
+ to the repository. Duplicate files will be deleted from the import location.
The --clean-duplicates option does not import any new files, but any files
found in the import location that are duplicates of content in the annex