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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 8"""
+ date="2021-07-16T19:13:36Z"
+ content="""
+Right. It is possible to get this into a sqlite database and update it
+incrementally. The keys database is populated this way, but that's by
+tracking changes to the HEAD branch. This would instead involve
+tracking changes to the git-annex branch.
+
+See [[cache_key_info]] for discussion of this kind of thing.
+"""]]
clean tree with nothing staged before running git-annex unused.
Anyway, this is a semi-longterm item for me. --[[Joey]]
+
+> Update: It seems like #2 has been accomplished now, the keys database
+> tracks associated files in all cases now. Although with the caveat
+> that there can be stale information sometimes, so it might still not be
+> useful for these purposes. --[[Joey]]