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authorGravatar ewen <ewen@web>2017-03-21 21:36:36 +0000
committerGravatar admin <admin@branchable.com>2017-03-21 21:36:36 +0000
commit4f670e6fb4c6159cbc58d8c593fb46ab1ff75273 (patch)
tree8a844243aee0ed3c6a4d9e73e04af6337c7a58a8 /doc
parent8a5059159809ac6ef1d5beeef169a5614c0071cd (diff)
Add note about tracking guids since 2015
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diff --git a/doc/tips/downloading_podcasts.mdwn b/doc/tips/downloading_podcasts.mdwn
index e11825420..2926c6710 100644
--- a/doc/tips/downloading_podcasts.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/downloading_podcasts.mdwn
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ git-annex will avoid downloading a file from a feed if its url has already
been stored in the repository before. So once a file is downloaded,
you can move it around, delete it, `git annex drop` its content, etc,
and it will not be downloaded again by repeated runs of
-`git annex importfeed`. Just how a podcatcher should behave.
+`git annex importfeed`. Just how a podcatcher should behave. (git-annex versions
+since 2015 also tracks the podcast `guid` values, as metadata, to help avoid
+duplication if the media file url changes; use `git annex metadata ...` to inspect.)
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