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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-05-24 12:12:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-05-24 12:12:00 -0400 |
| commit | d9051db6470fd32f2c63b03c68856a7d98b60f33 (patch) | |
| tree | a6787cb5f270094e568a679167106c377be5480e /doc/git-annex.mdwn | |
| parent | 2a457d54087aec399de20574a3f12a01f06dc028 (diff) | |
note about initremote --fast
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diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 9554f15aa..29a5a6225 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ subdirectories). (or encryption=emailaddress) to specify a gpg key that can access the encrypted special remote. + Note that with encryption enabled, a gpg key is created. This requires + sufficient entropy. If initremote seems to hang or take a long time + while generating the key, you may want to ctrl-c it and re-run with --fast, + which causes it to use a lower-quality source of randomness. + Example Amazon S3 remote: git annex initremote mys3 type=S3 encryption=me@example.com datacenter=EU |