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commit the data by running `git annex merge` (or by automatic merges)
or `git annex sync`.
+* `annex.hardlink`
+
+ Set this to `true` to make file contents be hard linked into the
+ repository when possible, instead of a more expensive copy.
+
+ Use with caution -- This can invalidate numcopies counting, since
+ with hard links, fewer copies of a file can exist. So, it is a good
+ idea to mark a repository using this setting as untrusted.
+
+ When a repository is set up using `git clone --shared`, git-annex init
+ will automatically set annex.hardlink and mark the repository as
+ untrusted.
+
* `annex.delayadd`
Makes the watch and assistant commands delay for the specified number of