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@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ hard links. Ie, not Windows, and not FAT filesystems.
## tradeoffs
-Setting annex.thin can save a lot of disk space, but it's a tradeoff
-between disk usage and safety.
-
[[!template id=note text="""
When a [[direct_mode]] repository is upgraded, annex.thin is automatically
set, because direct mode made the same single-copy tradeoff.
"""]]
+Setting annex.thin can save a lot of disk space, but it's a tradeoff
+between disk usage and safety.
+
Keeping files locked is safer and also avoids using unnecessary
disk space, but trades off easy modification of files.