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diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn index d23c1ae26..4d72e8bee 100644 --- a/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn +++ b/doc/special_remotes/directory.mdwn @@ -5,18 +5,19 @@ you want to use it to sneakernet files between systems (possibly with [[encrypted|encryption]] contents). Just set up both systems to use the drive's mountpoint as a directory remote. +If you just want two copies of your repository with the files "visible" +in the tree in both, the directory special remote is not what you want. +Instead, you should use a regular `git clone` of your git-annex repository. + ## configuration These parameters can be passed to `git annex initremote` to configure the remote: -* `encryption` - Required. Either "none" to disable encryption, - or a value that can be looked up (using gpg -k) to find a gpg encryption - key that will be given access to the remote, or "shared" which allows - every clone of the repository to decrypt the encrypted data. +* `encryption` - One of "none", "hybrid", "shared", or "pubkey". + See [[encryption]]. - Note that additional gpg keys can be given access to a remote by - running enableremote with the new key id. See [[encryption]]. +* `keyid` - Specifies the gpg key to use for [[encryption]]. * `chunksize` - Avoid storing files larger than the specified size in the directory. For use on directories on mount points that have file size |