2011-07-01 19:39:30 +00:00
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A handy alternative to the default [[backend|backends]] is the
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2011-02-27 16:45:48 +00:00
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SHA1 backend. This backend provides more git-style assurance that your data
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has not been damaged. And the checksum means that when you add the same
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content to the annex twice, only one copy need be stored in the backend.
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The only reason it's not the default is that it needs to checksum
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files when they're added to the annex, and this can slow things down
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significantly for really big files. To make SHA1 the default, just
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add something like this to `.gitattributes`:
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* annex.backend=SHA1
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