From b7ccbfcc1558777ad123ed9da05f56cbad2ec80c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 24 May 2013 12:12:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] note about initremote --fast --- doc/git-annex.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 9554f15aaf..29a5a6225b 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ subdirectories). (or encryption=emailaddress) to specify a gpg key that can access the encrypted special remote. + Note that with encryption enabled, a gpg key is created. This requires + sufficient entropy. If initremote seems to hang or take a long time + while generating the key, you may want to ctrl-c it and re-run with --fast, + which causes it to use a lower-quality source of randomness. + Example Amazon S3 remote: git annex initremote mys3 type=S3 encryption=me@example.com datacenter=EU