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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-01-06 17:26:22 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-01-06 17:26:22 -0400 |
| commit | 89c3bf6269500c454de3c07a002971f45788f8bf (patch) | |
| tree | 1c62b91a7391aa6ae78bb174e76a4a41d438a04c /doc/git-annex.mdwn | |
| parent | 6c8c925cc41eef6dd7770654ddc881ac3832d2d5 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 6aaea6753..7294fb277 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -269,11 +269,14 @@ subdirectories). * direct Switches a repository to use direct mode, where rather than symlinks to - files, the files are directly present in the repository. Note that most git - commands and some git-annex commands will not work in direct mode. + files, the files are directly present in the repository. As part of the switch to direct mode, any changed files will be committed. + Note that git commands that operate on the work tree are often unsafe to + use in direct mode repositories, and can result in data loss or other + bad behavior. + * indirect Switches a repository back from direct mode to the default, indirect mode. |