Fix bug caused by recent optimisations that could make git-annex not see
recently recorded status information when configured with
annex.alwayscommit=false.
When not using --all, precaching only gets triggered when the
command actually needs location logs, and so there's no speed hit there.
This is a minor speed hit for --all, because it precaches even when the
location log is not actually going to be used, and so checking the journal
is not necessary. It would have been possible to defer checking the journal
until the cache gets used. But that would complicate the usual Branch.get
code path with two different kinds of caches, and the speed hit is really
minimal. A better way to speed up --all, later, would be to avoid
precaching at all when the location log is not going to be used.
git-annex allows managing files with git, without checking the file
contents into git. While that may seem paradoxical, it is useful when
dealing with files larger than git can currently easily handle, whether due
to limitations in memory, checksumming time, or disk space.
For documentation, see doc/ or <https://git-annex.branchable.com/>
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