From 915ddfdf0c0416eac9de7395395cc58d747bbc97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:46:51 -0400 Subject: more updates --- doc/not.mdwn | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/not.mdwn b/doc/not.mdwn index 234f2af85..761986f78 100644 --- a/doc/not.mdwn +++ b/doc/not.mdwn @@ -5,19 +5,20 @@ system. For a backup system that uses git and that git-annex supports storing data in, see [[special_remotes/bup]]. -* git-annex is not a filesystem or DropBox clone. But there - is a FUSE filesystem built on top of git-annex, called - [ShareBox](https://github.com/chmduquesne/sharebox-fs), and there is - interest in making it easy to use and covering some of the use - cases supported by DropBox. +* git-annex is not a filesystem or DropBox clone. However, the git-annex + [[assistant]] is addressing some of the same needs in its own unique ways. + (There is also a FUSE filesystem built on top of git-annex, called + [ShareBox](https://github.com/chmduquesne/sharebox-fs).) * git-annex is not unison, but if you're finding unison's checksumming too slow, or its strict mirroring of everything to both places too limiting, then git-annex could be a useful alternative. -* git-annex is more than just a workaround for git limitations that might - eventually be fixed by efforts like - [git-bigfiles](http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/git-bigfiles). +* git-annex is more than just a workaround for git scalability + limitations that might eventually be fixed by efforts like + [git-bigfiles](http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/git-bigfiles). In particular, + git-annex's [[location_tracking]] allows having many repositories + with a partial set of files, that are copied around as desired. * git-annex is not some flaky script that was quickly thrown together. I wrote it in Haskell because I wanted it to be solid and to compile -- cgit v1.2.3