From 536036cfa2c1b28932f72408f1244f8e345eba82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 19:20:54 -0400
Subject: add README

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 README | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 README

(limited to 'README')

diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce67d6816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+git-annex allows managing files with git, without checking the file
+contents into git. While that may seem paradoxical, it is useful when
+dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due
+to limitations in memory, checksumming time, or disk space.
+
+For documentation, see doc/ or <http://git-annex.branchable.com/>
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