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+Hi, is there any particular problem with symlinking one .git/annex to share between multiple repos?
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="http://joey.kitenet.net/"
+ nickname="joey"
+ subject="don't do that"
+ date="2012-03-19T18:23:13Z"
+ content="""
+Suppose you do that to repos A and B. Now, in A, you `git annex drop` a file that is only present in those repositories. A checks B to make sure it still has a copy of the file. It sees the (same) file there, so assumes it's safe to drop. The file is removed from A, also removing it from B, and losing data.
+
+It is possible to configure A and B to mutually distrust one-another and avoid this problem, but there will be other problems too.
+
+Instead, git-annex supports using `cp --reflink=auto`, which on filesystems supporting Copy On Write (eg, btrfs), avoids duplicating contents when A and B are on the same filesystem.
+"""]]
diff --git a/doc/forum/Sharing_annex_with_local_clones/comment_2_24ff2c1eb643077daa37c01644cebcd2._comment b/doc/forum/Sharing_annex_with_local_clones/comment_2_24ff2c1eb643077daa37c01644cebcd2._comment
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnhsaESlYphzLTzpJy5IxxGFxxctIhWYfo"
+ nickname="Bryon"
+ subject="comment 2"
+ date="2012-03-19T18:46:13Z"
+ content="""
+Ah, OK. Is there a configuration step to set this up, or is this included magic in a new enough git-annex client?
+"""]]
diff --git a/doc/forum/Sharing_annex_with_local_clones/comment_3_5359b8eada24d27be83214ac0ae62f23._comment b/doc/forum/Sharing_annex_with_local_clones/comment_3_5359b8eada24d27be83214ac0ae62f23._comment
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnhsaESlYphzLTzpJy5IxxGFxxctIhWYfo"
+ nickname="Bryon"
+ subject="comment 3"
+ date="2012-03-19T18:55:03Z"
+ content="""
+Nevermind, found it. (git-annex 0.08)
+"""]]