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diff --git a/doc/tips/using_the_SHA1_backend.mdwn b/doc/tips/using_the_SHA1_backend.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..70dc2ef75 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/using_the_SHA1_backend.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +A handy alternative to the default [[backend|backends]] is the +SHA1 backend. This backend provides more git-style assurance that your data +has not been damaged. And the checksum means that when you add the same +content to the annex twice, only one copy need be stored in the backend. + +The only reason it's not the default is that it needs to checksum +files when they're added to the annex, and this can slow things down +significantly for really big files. To make SHA1 the default, just +add something like this to `.gitattributes`: + + * annex.backend=SHA1 |