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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/unused_data.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/unused_data.mdwn index e142b576c..bd6c39871 100644 --- a/doc/walkthrough/unused_data.mdwn +++ b/doc/walkthrough/unused_data.mdwn @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -It's possible for data to accumulate in the annex that no files point to -anymore. One way it can happen is if you `git rm` a file without -first calling `git annex drop`. And, when you modify an annexed file, the old -content of the file remains in the annex. Another way is when migrating -between key-value [[backends|backend]]. +It's possible for data to accumulate in the annex that no files in any +branch point to anymore. One way it can happen is if you `git rm` a file +without first calling `git annex drop`. And, when you modify an annexed +file, the old content of the file remains in the annex. Another way is when +migrating between key-value [[backends|backend]]. This might be historical data you want to preserve, so git-annex defaults to preserving it. So from time to time, you may want to check for such data and @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ eliminate it to save space. unused . (checking for unused data...) Some annexed data is no longer used by any files in the repository. NUMBER KEY - 1 WORM-s3-m1289672605--file - 2 WORM-s14-m1289672605--file + 1 SHA256-s86050597--6ae2688bc533437766a48aa19f2c06be14d1bab9c70b468af445d4f07b65f41e + 2 SHA1-s14--f1358ec1873d57350e3dc62054dc232bc93c2bd1 (To see where data was previously used, try: git log --stat -S'KEY') (To remove unwanted data: git-annex dropunused NUMBER) ok |