diff --git a/doc/tips/disabling_a_special_remote/comment_3_6c7c92a9c5ce9cee1450117f0bab1354._comment b/doc/tips/disabling_a_special_remote/comment_3_6c7c92a9c5ce9cee1450117f0bab1354._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..869455a017 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/disabling_a_special_remote/comment_3_6c7c92a9c5ce9cee1450117f0bab1354._comment @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 3""" + date="2021-06-16T16:02:04Z" + content=""" +This tip is mostly talking about the web special remote, which is unusual +in that it's enabled by default. So there is nothing in `.git/config` about +it. + +Any special remote that you set up with `initremote` or `enableremote` does +have a section in `.git/config` same as a regular git remote would +(just with git-annex specific configs in there). So `git remote` +can be used to list it, and `git remote rm` will disable it. + +As far as setting annex-ignore goes, it prevents git-annex from using that +remote *unless* you explicitly ask it to. @yarikoptic's example above +sets that for a remote and then explicitly fscks it. +"""]]