From 56c399e217bf07f38244b703e11debca4e2e1feb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 18:11:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] remove obsolete tip --- doc/tips/using_the_SHA1_backend.mdwn | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 doc/tips/using_the_SHA1_backend.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/using_the_SHA1_backend.mdwn b/doc/tips/using_the_SHA1_backend.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 70dc2ef759..0000000000 --- a/doc/tips/using_the_SHA1_backend.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@ -A handy alternative to the default [[backend|backends]] is the -SHA1 backend. This backend provides more git-style assurance that your data -has not been damaged. And the checksum means that when you add the same -content to the annex twice, only one copy need be stored in the backend. - -The only reason it's not the default is that it needs to checksum -files when they're added to the annex, and this can slow things down -significantly for really big files. To make SHA1 the default, just -add something like this to `.gitattributes`: - - * annex.backend=SHA1