git-annex-backends - Man Page

key/value backends for git-annex

Description

The "backend" in git-annex controls how a key is generated from a file's content and/or filesystem metadata. Most backends are different kinds of hashes. A single repository can use different backends for different files.

For a list of available backends, see git-annex version. For more details, see <https://git-annex.branchable.com/backends/>

See Also

git-annex(1)

Author

Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>

<http://git-annex.branchable.com/>

Referenced By

git-annex(1), git-annex-preferred-content(1).