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diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 5fb0ce5a4..269588add 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -482,17 +482,16 @@ subdirectories). * forget Causes the git-annex branch to be rewritten, throwing away historical - data about past locations of files, files that are no longer present on - any remote, etc. The resulting branch will use less space, but for - example `git annex log` will not be able to show where files used to - be located. + data about past locations of files. The resulting branch will use less + space, but `git annex log` will not be able to show where + files used to be located. - To also prune references to remotes that have been marked as dead, - specify --dead. + To also prune references to repositories that have been marked as dead, + specify --drop-dead. When this rewritten branch is merged into other clones of the repository, git-annex will automatically perform the same rewriting - to their local git-annex branch. So the forgetfulness will automatically + to their local git-annex branches. So the forgetfulness will automatically propigate out from its starting point until all repositories running git-annex have forgotten their old history. (You may need to force git to push the branch to any git repositories not running git-annex. |