diff --git a/doc/forum/multiple_urls_for_the_same_UUID/comment_3_fa97a45fc1392935fd5e0714db999bc2._comment b/doc/forum/multiple_urls_for_the_same_UUID/comment_3_fa97a45fc1392935fd5e0714db999bc2._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c6f5dfde91 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/multiple_urls_for_the_same_UUID/comment_3_fa97a45fc1392935fd5e0714db999bc2._comment @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://joeyh.name/" + ip="4.154.7.235" + subject="comment 3" + date="2013-07-10T16:38:04Z" + content=""" +@Michael, like I said above, this use case is completely supported. That's why git-annex uses UUIDs to uniquely identify repositories, no matter where or how many urls are used for them. + +Just set up the remotes you need, and if they end up pointing to the same repository by different routes, git-annex will automatically notice. + +--- + +The directory= parameter used when initializing a directory remote is only used to set up the remote in the .git/config file. It is not stored anywhere else, since the directory could be mounted at different locations on different computers, eg when a drive is moved between computers. +"""]]