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diff --git a/doc/backends.mdwn b/doc/backends.mdwn index 22164850a..b0a2c882a 100644 --- a/doc/backends.mdwn +++ b/doc/backends.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ to retrieve the file's content (its value). Multiple pluggable backends are supported, and a single repository can use different backends for different files. +These backends can transfer file contents in configured git remotes. +It's also possible to use [[special_remotes]], such as Amazon S3 with +these backends. + * `WORM` ("Write Once, Read Many") This backend assumes that any file with the same basename, size, and modification time has the same content. So with this backend, files can be moved around, but should never be added to @@ -19,6 +23,9 @@ can use different backends for different files. * `SHA512`, `SHA384`, `SHA256`, `SHA224` -- Like SHA1, but larger checksums. Mostly useful for the very paranoid, or anyone who is researching checksum collisions and wants to annex their colliding data. ;) + +These backends store file contents in other key/value stores. + * `URL` -- This backend downloads the file's content from an external URL. The `annex.backends` git-config setting can be used to list the backends |