From 711c15456109f77a04832d8ca0871ce56ffaffe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:26:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- NEWS | 1 + debian/NEWS | 11 ++++++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 120000 NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS new file mode 120000 index 0000000000..798088bec2 --- /dev/null +++ b/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +debian/NEWS \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index f807d05255..298ff1f7e0 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ -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 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:40:51 -0400 + Example: git annex fsck --from mydirectory + + -- Joey Hess Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:24:23 -0400 git-annex (3.20110624) experimental; urgency=low