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19 lines
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In the `delaysmudge` branch, I've implemented the delayed worktree update in
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the post-merge/post-checkout hooks for v6. It works very well!
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In particular, with annex.thin set, checking out a branch
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containing a huge unlocked file does a fast hard link to the file.
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Remaining problem before merging that is, how to get the new hooks installed? Of
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course `git annex init` and `git annex upgrade` install them, but I know plenty
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of people have v6 repositories already, without those hooks.
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So, would it be better to bump up to v7 and install the hooks on that upgrade,
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or stay on v6 and say that it was, after all, experimental up until now, and
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so the minor bother of needing to run `git annex init` in existing v6 repositories
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is acceptable? If the version is bumped to v7, that will cause some pain
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for users of older versions of git-annex that won't support it, but those old
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versions also have pretty big gaps in their support for v6. I'm undecided,
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but leaning toward v7, even though it will also mean a lot of work to update
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all the documentation, as well as needing changes to projects like datalad that use
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git-annex. Feedback on this decision is welcomed below...
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