> >> >  (a) camput file $PATH creates a static (deduplicated) snapshot of 
>> the 
>> >> > path. 
>> >> > It's great for backups, and is the foundation on which the other 
>> mode is 
>> >> > built. You can restore with camget -o $OUTDIR $REF. 
>> >> >  (b) camput file -filenodes $PATH creates a mutable "permanode" for 
>> each 
>> >> > file/directory under the path. This mode is appropriate when you 
>> plan to 
>> >> > treat Camlistore as the source of truth going forward.  Unlike (a), 
>> the 
>> >> > command isn't idempotent; each run creates a new set of permanodes. 
>>
>
Eric, I didn't quite understand what you meant by "treat Camlistore as the 
source of truth going forward". What would be a use case where one would do 
that? (Is it the first backup -- but in that case, it would be tricky to 
add camliContent attr to each permanode.. ) 

Alok

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