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borg create --ignore-inode: add explanatory text to long help

Marian Beermann 9 years ago
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@@ -964,6 +964,12 @@ class Archiver:
         traversing all paths specified. The archive will consume almost no disk space for
         traversing all paths specified. The archive will consume almost no disk space for
         files or parts of files that have already been stored in other archives.
         files or parts of files that have already been stored in other archives.
 
 
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+        To speed up pulling backups over sshfs and similar network file systems which do
+        not provide correct inode information the --ignore-inode flag can be used. This
+        potentially decreases reliability of change detection, while avoiding always reading
+        all files on these file systems.
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         See the output of the "borg help patterns" command for more help on exclude patterns.
         See the output of the "borg help patterns" command for more help on exclude patterns.
         """)
         """)