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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/renaming_files.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/renaming_files.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..85964d1ea --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/walkthrough/renaming_files.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ + # cd ~/annex + # git mv big_file my_cool_big_file + # mkdir iso + # git mv debian.iso iso/ + # git commit -m moved + +You can use any normal git operations to move files around, or even +make copies or delete them. + +Notice that, since annexed files are represented by symlinks, +the symlink will break when the file is moved into a subdirectory. +But, git-annex will fix this up for you when you commit -- +it has a pre-commit hook that watches for and corrects broken symlinks. |