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diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-fetch.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-fetch.pod index 28d5638d..833df862 100644 --- a/Documentation/public-inbox-fetch.pod +++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-fetch.pod @@ -19,7 +19,19 @@ It does not run L<public-inbox-index(1)>, making it suitable for maintaining git-only backups. For v2 inboxes, it will maintain C<$INBOX_DIR/manifest.js.gz> -file to speed up future invocations. +file to speed up future invocations. It always safe to remove +manifest.js.gz, it is merely an optimization and will be +restored on the next invocation. + +To prevent fetches on any v2 epoch, use L<chmod(1)> to remove +write permissions to the top-level of the epoch. For example, +to disable fetches on epoch 4: + + chmod a-w $INBOX_DIR/git/4.git + +If you wish to re-enable fetches to the epoch: + + chmod u+w $INBOX_DIR/git/4.git =head1 OPTIONS |