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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-07-24 12:54:29 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2014-07-24 12:54:29 -0400 |
| commit | 2f6aaf11f10e8d6b947779c3c79155d29b576ca1 (patch) | |
| tree | 388186eb5e6dc8b17b65705b4dd14f889ffaab83 /doc/internals | |
| parent | f4d7ac09acb5ba22ae93ab05e3b9b520d4f9b634 (diff) | |
clarify field order reqirement
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/internals')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/internals/key_format.mdwn | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/internals/key_format.mdwn b/doc/internals/key_format.mdwn index ac52bddea..17e20592c 100644 --- a/doc/internals/key_format.mdwn +++ b/doc/internals/key_format.mdwn @@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ For example: added to git-annex, expressed as seconds from the epoch. This is currently only used by the WORM backend. * Other fields could be added in the future, if needed. -* Fields may appear, in any order (though always before the name field). + +git-annex always puts the fields in the order shown above when serializing +a key. It can parse keys with the fields in other orders (although the name +field must always come last). The `git annex examinekey` command can be used to extract information from a key. |