From fe994e58e5762cb92c12a4726e5a4400972f67fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:43:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] clarify that sync only commits changes to files already added to the repo --- doc/git-annex.mdwn | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 71f0c0bebb..011b6d91fa 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ subdirectories). Or specify `--fast` to sync with the remotes with the lowest annex-cost value. - The sync process involves first committing all local changes, + The sync process involves first committing any local changes to files + that have previously been added to the repository, then fetching and merging the `synced/master` and the `git-annex` branch from the remote repositories, and finally pushing the changes back to those branches on the remote repositories. You can use standard git