From 6ac481de85d231bf4771cd061317117f8ebb5088 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:04:38 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] devblog --- doc/devblog/day_601__v7_default.mdwn | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/devblog/day_601__v7_default.mdwn diff --git a/doc/devblog/day_601__v7_default.mdwn b/doc/devblog/day_601__v7_default.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..51dc23175a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devblog/day_601__v7_default.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +With git-annex 7.20190912 released this fine Friday the 13th, +I've finally made v7 the default! + +See [[upgrades]] for details about this major transitition if you have not +been keeping up with v7 stuff. + +Based on some feedback that it would be good to have a way to avoid +accidental upgrades of a repository in some circumstances, there's a new +config option `git config annex.autoupgraderepository false` to prevent +upgrades. Since the new git-annex doesn't support working in v5 repos, +setting that will make every command except `git annex upgrade` fail. + +Users of rpm based linux distros can now install a +[[git-annex-standalone.rpm|install/rpm_standalone]] +package that will work on a broad range of systems. It's based on the +standalone tarball, just packaged as a rpm similar to the +git-annex-standalone.deb provided by NeuroDebian.