diff --git a/doc/todo/option_to_put_temp_files_on_a_RAM_disk/comment_2_1df752ac3b9cb2cc0e4a7dd4af71897f._comment b/doc/todo/option_to_put_temp_files_on_a_RAM_disk/comment_2_1df752ac3b9cb2cc0e4a7dd4af71897f._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5840e4f35d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/option_to_put_temp_files_on_a_RAM_disk/comment_2_1df752ac3b9cb2cc0e4a7dd4af71897f._comment @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="Ilya_Shlyakhter" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0" + subject="use of RAM disk" + date="2020-01-28T17:23:28Z" + content=""" +You're right in general. There may be cases though, where a temp file doesn't just get moved into [[`.git/annex/objects`|internals]]: e.g. when [[chunking]] is used along with parallel downloads, chunks might go into separate temp files before being merged. I was also thinking of use cases from [[todo/let_external_remotes_declare_support_for_named_pipes]], like [[todo/git-annex-cat]], where key contents is processed but not saved. +"""]]