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| author |  http://joeyh.name/ <http://joeyh.name/@web> | 2014-09-16 19:50:42 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2014-09-16 19:50:42 +0000 |
| commit | 19cd8009431054dd35ea00b2a98dbd117117a32e (patch) | |
| tree | 7ef9b74a89cf900fbb2d7fd9bf6c456e7d2f435e /doc | |
| parent | 109e5d4f0baac650eacdf3b49e78d3f355bdb87e (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/adding_files_without_hashing_them/comment_1_c3113d7aff6b64a325a32b8b281df605._comment b/doc/forum/adding_files_without_hashing_them/comment_1_c3113d7aff6b64a325a32b8b281df605._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..56577ca1a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/adding_files_without_hashing_them/comment_1_c3113d7aff6b64a325a32b8b281df605._comment @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="209.250.56.22" + subject="comment 1" + date="2014-09-16T19:50:41Z" + content=""" +You can edit files that use the WORM backend, as long as the editing changes their size or mtime, or both. If neither changes, git-annex won't be able to keep your edits separate when using WORM. + +A perhaps safer compromise can be to use the WORM backend initially, but them `git annex migrate --backend=SHA256E` when you have spare CPU cycles. + +Or, when you commit a change to a file that had been using WORM, use `git annex add $wormy_file --backend=SHA256E` to make the new version use the better backend. +"""]] |