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From: Tim Byrne <sultan@locehilios.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:23:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add question about private directories (#171)

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+## Directory Creation
+
+### Why are `.ssh` or `.gnupg` directories being created by yadm?
+
+yadm is often used to track private data used by SSH and GnuPG. Because of this,
+these directories are created with restricted permissions prior to Git
+operations that could write data to those directories. This is to better protect
+that sensitive data.
+
+If you want to disable that feature, you can set the `auto-private-dirs`
+configuration by running:
+
+```
+yadm config yadm.auto-private-dirs false
+```
+
 ## Unconventional Cases
 
 ### Can I use yadm to track system level files?