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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-03-04 12:31:01 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-03-04 12:31:01 -0400
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parentc5c7eaf00917d8654c82de5a4b17465b354f8fbf (diff)
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-rw-r--r--doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn6
-rw-r--r--doc/use_case/Bob.mdwn7
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn b/doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn
index 1dc456d73..836d93572 100644
--- a/doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn
+++ b/doc/use_case/Alice.mdwn
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ When she has 1 bar on her cell, Alice queues up interesting files on her
server for later. At a coffee shop, she has git-annex download them to her
USB drive. High in the sky or in a remote cabin, she catches up on
podcasts, videos, and games, first letting git-annex copy them from
-her USB drive to the netbook (this saves battery power).
+her USB drive to the netbook (this saves battery power).
+([[more about transferring data|transferring_data]])
When she's done, she tells git-annex which to keep and which to remove.
They're all removed from her netbook to save space, and Alice knows
that next time she syncs up to the net, her changes will be synced back
-to her server.
+to her server.
+([more about distributed version control|distributed_version_control])
diff --git a/doc/use_case/Bob.mdwn b/doc/use_case/Bob.mdwn
index 573d9cde9..53c09bc18 100644
--- a/doc/use_case/Bob.mdwn
+++ b/doc/use_case/Bob.mdwn
@@ -11,8 +11,15 @@ without worry about accidentally deleting anything.
When Bob needs access to some files, git-annex can tell him which drive(s)
they're on, and easily make them available. Indeed, every drive knows what
is on every other drive.
+([[more about location tracking|location_tracking]])
+
+Bob thinks long-term, and so he's glad that git-annex uses a simple
+repository format. He knows his files will be accessible in the future
+even if the world has forgotten about git-annex and git.
+([[more about future-proofing|future_proofing]])
Run in a cron job, git-annex adds new files to archival drives at night. It
also helps Bob keep track of intentional, and unintentional copies of
files, and logs information he can use to decide when it's time to duplicate
the content of old drives.
+([[more about backup copies|copies]])