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-Git-annex supports three levels of trust of a repository:
+Git-annex supports several levels of trust of a repository:
* semitrusted (default)
* untrusted
* trusted
+* dead
## semitrusted
@@ -49,3 +50,10 @@ trust temporarily.
To configure a repository as fully and permanently trusted,
use the `git annex trust` command.
+
+## dead
+
+This is used to indicate that you have no trust that the repository
+exists at all. It's appropriate to use when a drive has been lost,
+or a directory irretrevably deleted. It will make git-annex avoid
+even showing the repository as a place where data might still reside.