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* Automatically convert direct mode repositories to v7 with adjusted unlocked branches and set annex.thin. * init: When run on a crippled filesystem with --version=5, will error out, since version 7 is needed for adjusted unlocked branch. * direct: This command always errors out as direct mode is no longer supported. * indirect: This command has become a deprecated noop. * proxy: This command is deprecated because it was only needed in direct mode. (But it continues to work.) Also removed mentions of direct mode throughough the documentation. I have not removed all the direct mode code yet.
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Normally, git-annex repositories consist of symlinks that are checked into
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git, and in turn point at the content of large files that is stored in
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`.git/annex/objects/`. Direct mode was a hack to avoid the symlinks.
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The advantage of direct mode was that you can access files directly,
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including modifying them. The disadvantage was that many regular git
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commands could not used in a direct mode repository, since they don't
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understand how to update its working tree.
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Direct mode has been removed from git-annex as of version 7.20190826.
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The first time a new git-annex is run in a direct mode repository,
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it automatically converts it to a v7 repository with
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[[unlocked|tips/unlocked files]]. See [[upgrades]] for details
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about the transition to v7 repositories.
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