upgrading

doc/todo/smudge.mdwn

@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ Configuration:
   the annex. Other files are passed through the smudge/clean as-is and
   have their contents stored in git.
 
+* annex.direct is repurposed to configure how the assistant adds files.
+  When set to true, they're added unlocked.
+
 git-annex clean:
 
 * Run by `git add` (and diff and status, etc), and passed the
@@ -256,6 +259,22 @@ based on when I see smudge/clean filters being run. The file2key
 optimisation may not be needed though, looking at the index 
 might be fast enough.
 
+#### Upgrading
+
+annex.version changes to 6
+
+Upgrade should be handled automatically.
+
+On upgrade, update .gitattributes with a stock configuration, unless
+it already mentions "filter=annex".
+
+Upgrading a direct mode repo needs to switch it out of bare mode, and
+needs to run `git annex unlock` on all files (or reach the same result).
+So will need to stage changes to all annexed files.
+
+When a repo has some clones indirect and some direct, the upgraded repo
+will have all files unlocked, necessarily in all clones.
+
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 ### test files