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* webapp: Detect when upgrades are available, and upgrade if the user
desires.
(Only when git-annex is installed using the prebuilt binaries
from git-annex upstream, not from eg Debian.)
* assistant: Detect when the git-annex binary is modified or replaced,
and either prompt the user to restart the program, or automatically
restart it.
* annex.autoupgrade configures both the above upgrade behaviors.
* Added support for quvi 0.9. Slightly suboptimal due to limitations in its
interface compared with the old version.
* Bug fix: annex.version did not get set on automatic upgrade to v5 direct
mode repo, so the upgrade was performed repeatedly, slowing commands down.
* webapp: Fix bug that broke switching between local repositories
that use the new guarded direct mode.
* Android: Fix stripping of the git-annex binary.
* Android: Make terminal app show git-annex version number.
* Android: Re-enable XMPP support.
* reinject: Allow to be used in direct mode.
* Futher improvements to git repo repair. Has now been tested in tens
of thousands of intentionally damaged repos, and successfully
repaired them all.
* Allow use of --unused in bare repository.
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### use case: The Archivist
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Bob has many drives to archive his data, most of them
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[[kept offline|tips/offline_archive_drives]], in a safe place.
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With git-annex, Bob has a single directory tree that includes all
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his files, even if their content is being stored offline. He can
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reorganize his files using that tree, committing new versions to git,
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without worry about accidentally deleting anything.
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When Bob needs access to some files, git-annex can tell him which drive(s)
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they're on, and easily make them available. Indeed, every drive knows what
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is on every other drive.
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<small>[[more about location tracking|location_tracking]]</small>
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Bob thinks long-term, and so he appreciates that git-annex uses a simple
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repository format. He knows his files will be accessible in the future
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even if the world has forgotten about git-annex and git.
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<small>[[more about future-proofing|future_proofing]]</small>
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Run in a cron job, git-annex adds new files to archival drives at night. It
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also helps Bob keep track of intentional, and unintentional copies of
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files, and logs information he can use to decide when it's time to duplicate
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the content of old drives.
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<small>[[more about backup copies|copies]]</small>
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