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diff --git a/doc/location_tracking.mdwn b/doc/location_tracking.mdwn index 85bb3d1b5..d40a7206f 100644 --- a/doc/location_tracking.mdwn +++ b/doc/location_tracking.mdwn @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ git-annex keeps track of in which repositories it last saw a file's content. This location tracking information is stored in the git-annex branch. Repositories record their UUID and the date when they get or drop -a file's content. (Git is configured to use a union merge for this file, -so the lines may be in arbitrary order, but it will never conflict.) +a file's content. This location tracking information is useful if you have multiple repositories, and not all are always accessible. For example, perhaps one @@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ is on a home file server, and you are away from home. Then git-annex can tell you what git remote it needs access to in order to get a file: # git annex get myfile - get myfile(not available) + get myfile (not available) I was unable to access these remotes: home Another way the location tracking comes in handy is if you put repositories |