From af72d43609785409cec2f92dfbf0c2d50492e6d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:03:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] response --- ...t_1_2205b1857158cca4f6e2225c53bec1d5._comment | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Use_case_for_addurl/comment_1_2205b1857158cca4f6e2225c53bec1d5._comment diff --git a/doc/forum/Use_case_for_addurl/comment_1_2205b1857158cca4f6e2225c53bec1d5._comment b/doc/forum/Use_case_for_addurl/comment_1_2205b1857158cca4f6e2225c53bec1d5._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..608370c58c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Use_case_for_addurl/comment_1_2205b1857158cca4f6e2225c53bec1d5._comment @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2015-11-10T18:59:13Z" + content=""" +The use case is to be able to `git annex addurl` in one repository +and `git annex get` in another checkout, without needing to remember +the url yourself. Or to use `git annex whereis` to look up the url +associated with a file. + +When --relaxed is used, you're telling git-annex you want to treat +the current and future content of the url as close enough to the same +as to not matter. I wouldn't use it if I expected the content of an url to +change significantly, and git-annex is not able to help with manageing such +differences. +"""]] -- 2.30.2