From 24564c3de1eaa5f75e0a945c72001542b625c94b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2021 14:24:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] improve wording --- doc/git-annex-mincopies.mdwn | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/git-annex-mincopies.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-mincopies.mdwn index 9f2ad92517..57daf09321 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex-mincopies.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex-mincopies.mdwn @@ -18,16 +18,12 @@ by all clones of the repository. It can be overridden on a per-file basis by the annex.mincopies setting in .gitattributes files, or can be overridden temporarily with the --mincopies option. -When git-annex is asked to drop a file, it first verifies that the -number of copies can be satisfied among all the other -repositories that have a copy of the file. - This supplements the [[git-annex-numcopies]](1) setting. In unusual situations, involving special remotes that do not support locking, and concurrent drops of the same content from multiple repositories, git-annex may violate the numcopies setting. -In these unusual situations, git-annex ensures that -the mincopies setting is not violated. +In these unusual situations, git-annex ensures that the number of copies +never goes below mincopies. # SEE ALSO