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| author |  https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawncBlzaDI248OZGjKQMXrLVQIx4XrZrzFo <Perttu@web> | 2012-06-19 07:08:44 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2012-06-19 07:08:44 +0000 |
| commit | e986d1acb1c335958805797e40a2ef79bf1e1e43 (patch) | |
| tree | 0f26d611026fe76fc9ba3c7e1d4ae3136f76abef | |
| parent | d4e5affec03fce1f6a169a5dc29403393422514d (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/Wishlist:_automatic_reinject.mdwn b/doc/forum/Wishlist:_automatic_reinject.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f975c7521 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Wishlist:_automatic_reinject.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +I think it would be useful to supplement the `reinject` command with an automatic +mode which calculates the checksum of the source file and injects the file if it +is known to the repository (without the need to provide a destination filename). +In addition, this could be done recursively if the user provides a directory to +inject. All this can probably be done already with some plumbing, but a simple +`reinject --auto` (or `scour`, or `scavenge`, if you like) would be a nice addition. +Of course this would only work for the checksum backends. + +Example use cases would be: + +* Recovering data from lost+found easily +* Making use of old (pre-git-annex) archival volumes with useful files + scattered among non-useful files +* Sneaker-netting files between disconnected git-annex repositories |