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diff --git a/doc/forum/Is_setting_core.preloadindex_safe_with_git_annex__63__/comment_1_c250362236a33d8dc9bf5ed825318c40._comment b/doc/forum/Is_setting_core.preloadindex_safe_with_git_annex__63__/comment_1_c250362236a33d8dc9bf5ed825318c40._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..073a91d35 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Is_setting_core.preloadindex_safe_with_git_annex__63__/comment_1_c250362236a33d8dc9bf5ed825318c40._comment @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2015-07-17T15:59:16Z" + content=""" +I don't fully understand what core.preloadindex does, but according to +git's documentation, it's enabled by default. So, it seems pretty safe. :) + +Let's anwser the general question: When is a git config tweak not safe to +use with a git-annex repository? Well, git-annex just stores symlinks in +git. And, it maintains a separate git-annex branch with its own data, which +it makes commits to behind the scenes, using its own .git/annex/index file. +Otherwise, a git-annex repo is like any other git repo. + +It follows that, unless the git config tweak somehow breaks symlink +support, or somehow breaks git-annex's use of the .git/annex/index file, +the git config tweak should be safe to use with git-annex. + +An example of a config tweak that's not entirely safe is to configure +gc.pruneexpire to a very short time period. That could result in git +objects that .git/annex/index refers to being pruned before git-annex can +commit them to the git-annex branch. +"""]] |