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diff --git a/doc/tips/unlocked_files.mdwn b/doc/tips/unlocked_files.mdwn index 20605b612..3a74043f0 100644 --- a/doc/tips/unlocked_files.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/unlocked_files.mdwn @@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ make the second copy not be worth keeping: In situations like these, you may want to avoid the overhead of the second local copy of unlocked files. There's a config setting for that. +[[!template id=note text=""" +Note that setting annex.thin only has any effect on systems that support +hard links. It is supported on Windows, but not on FAT filesystems. +"""]] + git config annex.thin true After changing annex.thin, you'll want to fix up the work tree to @@ -142,8 +147,12 @@ match the new setting: git annex fix -Note that setting annex.thin only has any effect on systems that support -hard links. It is supported on Windows, but not on FAT filesystems. +Unfortunately, git's smudge interface does not let git-annex honor +the annex.thin configuration when git is checking out a file. +So, using `git checkout` to check out a different branch, or even +`git merge` can result in some non-thin files making their way into the +working tree, and using more disk space. A warning will be printed out in +this situation. You can always run `git annex fix` to re-thin such files. ## tradeoffs |