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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-12-27 15:59:59 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2015-12-27 15:59:59 -0400 |
| commit | 60c88820987596809091ee010e6be2a083888bc8 (patch) | |
| tree | dc2540c6deadfcf3efee1fd95948bcbd6f219db5 /doc/git-annex.mdwn | |
| parent | 17490f3685aee698e10555c5dc3e915a317c2250 (diff) | |
annex.thin
Decided it's too scary to make v6 unlocked files have 1 copy by default,
but that should be available to those who need it. This is consistent with
git-annex not dropping unused content without --force, etc.
* Added annex.thin setting, which makes unlocked files in v6 repositories
be hard linked to their content, instead of a copy. This saves disk
space but means any modification of an unlocked file will lose the local
(and possibly only) copy of the old version.
* Enable annex.thin by default on upgrade from direct mode to v6, since
direct mode made the same tradeoff.
* fix: Adjusts unlocked files as configured by annex.thin.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/git-annex.mdwn')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/git-annex.mdwn | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 1a2fd6e67..299428d1e 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -904,6 +904,14 @@ Here are all the supported configuration settings. will automatically set annex.hardlink and mark the repository as untrusted. +* `annex.thin` + + Set this to `true` to make unlocked files be a hard link to their content + in the annex, rather than a second copy. (Only when supported by the file + system, and only in repository version 6.) This can save considerable + disk space, but modification made to a file will lose the local (and + possibly only) copy of the old version. So, enable with care. + * `annex.delayadd` Makes the watch and assistant commands delay for the specified number of |