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authorGravatar https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm_YXzEdPHzbSGVwtmTR7g1BqDtTnIBB5s <Matthias@web>2015-01-07 12:06:15 +0000
committerGravatar admin <admin@branchable.com>2015-01-07 12:06:15 +0000
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm_YXzEdPHzbSGVwtmTR7g1BqDtTnIBB5s"
+ nickname="Matthias"
+ subject="File immutability"
+ date="2015-01-07T12:06:15Z"
+ content="""
+# setcap cap_linux_immutable+ep /usr/bin/git-annex
+
+After doing that, git-annex is able to make files immutable, so the additional directory is not needed any more.
+Even on file systems / in environments where that is not possible, in some situations file lookup speed is way more important than not being able to delete the target of a symlink.
+
+I have no idea how to code in Haskell, so if somebody else could add an appropriate always/never/only-when-necessary config option I'd be very happy, and my media server would not have any more hiccups when switching songs …
+"""]]