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@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ Involved moving the .git-annex/ directory into a separate git-annex branch.
This upgrade is easier (and faster!) than the previous upgrades.
You don't need to upgrade every repository at once; it's sufficient
to upgrade each repository only when you next use it.
-
-After the upgrade is complete, commit the changes it staged.
- git commit -m "upgrade v2 to v3"
+Example upgrade process:
-Running `git gc` after this upgrade will likely free up significant disk
-space. (Tens to hundreds of megabytes.)
+ cd localrepo
+ git pull
+ git annex upgrade
+ git commit -m "upgrade v2 to v3"
+ git push origin git-annex master
+ git gc
### v1 -> v2 (git-annex version 0.20110316)