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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-12-27 03:10:00 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-12-27 03:10:00 -0400
commit0d24eb208614288067ddc3118fe4654ca2e86e77 (patch)
tree8a31a975b4e7777b8483c94114ed764bd28d0152 /doc/special_remotes
parent690c690e97ecc3808755e95acd0d45bfe03ed366 (diff)
make --debug show transcript of special remote protocol messages
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@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ It's not hard!
* Install it in PATH.
* When the user runs `git annex initremote foo type=external externaltype=$bar`,
it will use your program.
+* If things don't seem to work, pass `--debug` and you'll see, amoung other
+ things, a transcript of git-annex's communication with your program.
* If you build a new special remote, please add it to the list
of [[special_remotes]].