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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-09-12 13:22:16 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2012-09-12 13:22:16 -0400 |
| commit | 3724344461d50a606419bd483a5513c0a139f43e (patch) | |
| tree | c4193ef1d3715761a3b6ede1abe5f32a952923ff /doc/git-annex.mdwn | |
| parent | 6e08bf96336a6beee233e0dfa60728e3f6983334 (diff) | |
SHA256E is new default backend
The default backend used when adding files to the annex is changed from
SHA256 to SHA256E, to simplify interoperability with OSX, media players,
and various programs that needlessly look at symlink targets.
To get old behavior, add a .gitattributes containing: * annex.backend=SHA256
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/git-annex.mdwn')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/git-annex.mdwn | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 48e4f24ea..e2c881dfb 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -801,10 +801,10 @@ The key-value backend used when adding a new file to the annex can be configured on a per-file-type basis via `.gitattributes` files. In the file, the `annex.backend` attribute can be set to the name of the backend to use. For example, this here's how to use the WORM backend by default, -but the SHA1 backend for ogg files: +but the SHA256E backend for ogg files: * annex.backend=WORM - *.ogg annex.backend=SHA1 + *.ogg annex.backend=SHA256E The numcopies setting can also be configured on a per-file-type basis via the `annex.numcopies` attribute in `.gitattributes` files. |