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+News for git-annex 7.20200226:
+
+   There was a serious regression in gcrypt and encrypted git-lfs remotes.
+   Since version 7.20200202.7, git-annex incorrectly stored content
+   on those remotes without encrypting it.
+   If your remotes are affected, you will want to make sure to delete
+   any content that git-annex has stored on them that is not encrypted!
+   One way to do so is, before upgrading to this version,
+   run git-annex move --from the affected remotes. It will move
+   only the content that was not encrypted.
+
+git-annex 7.20200226 released with [[!toggle text="these changes"]]
+[[!toggleable text="""
+   * Fix serious regression in gcrypt and encrypted git-lfs remotes.
+     Since version 7.20200202.7, git-annex incorrectly stored content
+     on those remotes without encrypting it.
+     If your remotes are affected, you will want to make sure to delete
+     any content that git-annex has stored on them that is not encrypted!
+   * info: Fix display of the encryption value.
+     (Some debugging junk had crept in.)
+   * Bugfix to getting content from an export remote with -J, when the
+     export database was not yet populated.
+   * Bugfix: export --tracking (a deprecated option) set
+     annex-annex-tracking-branch, instead of annex-tracking-branch."""]]
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 Name: git-annex
-Version: 8.20200221
+Version: 8.20200226
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.8
 License: AGPL-3
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>