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diff --git a/doc/backends.mdwn b/doc/backends.mdwn index 3e605e4b1..5d02ad3a1 100644 --- a/doc/backends.mdwn +++ b/doc/backends.mdwn @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ can use different backends for different files. allows modifications of files to be tracked. Its need to generate checksums can make it slower for large files. for use. +* `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. ;) * `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 |