update NEWS

Add news item recommending fscking directory special remotes.

Remote news item about URL backend being removed; it was later added back
to be used by git annex addurl --fast.

Link NEWS into top level.
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Joey Hess 2012-01-19 15:26:43 -04:00
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git-annex (3.20110702) unstable; urgency=low
git-annex (3.20120119) unstable; urgency=low
The URL backend has been removed. Instead the new web remote can be used.
There was a bug in the handling of directory special remotes that
could cause partial file contents to be stored in them. If you use
a directory special remote, you should fsck it, to avoid potential
data loss.
-- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:40:51 -0400
Example: git annex fsck --from mydirectory
-- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:24:23 -0400
git-annex (3.20110624) experimental; urgency=low