From b220e117f2e06133919ad31e9cc225470f501566 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:20:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] idea

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 doc/todo/checkout.mdwn | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/todo/checkout.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/todo/checkout.mdwn b/doc/todo/checkout.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70d31a5ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/todo/checkout.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+The checkout subcommand replaces the symlink that normally points at a
+file's content, with a copy of the file. Once you've checked a file out,
+you can edit it, and `git commit` it. On commit, git-annex will detect
+if the file has been changed, and if it has, `add` its content to the
+annex.