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Maybe you started out using the WORM backend, and have now configured
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git-annex to use SHA1. But files you added to the annex before still
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use the WORM backend. There is a simple command that can migrate that
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data:
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# git annex migrate my_cool_big_file
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migrate my_cool_big_file (checksum...) ok
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You can only migrate files whose content is currently available. Other
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files will be skipped.
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After migrating a file to a new backend, the old content in the old backend
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will still be present. That is necessary because multiple files
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can point to the same content. The `git annex unused` subcommand can be
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used to clear up that detritus later. Note that hard links are used,
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to avoid wasting disk space.
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