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## untrusted repositories ## untrusted repositories
Suppose you have a portable USB drive and are using it as a git annex Suppose you have a USB thunb drive and are using it as a git annex
repository. You don't trust the drive, because you could lose it, or repository. You don't trust the drive, because you could lose it, or
just because portable USB drives don't tend to last very long. You can accidentially run it through the laundry. Or, maybe you have a drive that
let git-annex know about this, and it will adjust its behavior to avoid you know is dying, and you'd like to be warned if there are any files
relying on that drive's continued availability. on it not backed up somewhere else. Maybe the drive has already died
or been lost.
You can let git-annex know that you don't trust a repository, and it will
adjust its behavior to avoid relying on that repositories's continued
availability.
# cd /media/usb # git annex untrust usbdrive
# git annex untrust . untrust usbdrive ok
untrust . ok
Now when you do a fsck, you'll be warned appropriately: Now when you do a fsck, you'll be warned appropriately:
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failed failed
Also, git-annex will refuse to drop a file from elsewhere just because Also, git-annex will refuse to drop a file from elsewhere just because
it can see a copy on the untrusted drive. it can see a copy on the untrusted repository.
It's also possible to tell git-annex that you have an unusually high It's also possible to tell git-annex that you have an unusually high
level of trust for a repository. See [[trust]] for details. level of trust for a repository. See [[trust]] for details.