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author | https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawm6MkmwCd_-IACT0uzgy78u0qH1rPLNO_Q <Dan@web> | 2013-03-06 03:05:58 +0000 |
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committer | admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2013-03-06 03:05:58 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/Difference_between_copy__44___move_and_get__63__.mdwn b/doc/forum/Difference_between_copy__44___move_and_get__63__.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a94281a1f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Difference_between_copy__44___move_and_get__63__.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +I'm starting to experiment with git annex. I'd like to use it for a centralized git repo that will be checked out often, but the clones will rarely need some large binary files (used for testing). Therefore, I've set up a centralized/bare git repo and a clone of that repo using the instructions at [centralized_git_repository_tutorial](http://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/centralized_git_repository_tutorial/) and [bare_repositories](http://git-annex.branchable.com/bare_repositories/). I've added some files to the annex in the clone. + +I'm struggling to understand the difference between copy, move, and get. Here's a sequence of commands: + + >> git annex add shared/1bel.maegz + >> git commit -m "added first file" + >> git push + >> git annex move shared/1bel.maegz --to origin + ## Now it no longer exists in my local repo + >> git annex get shared/1bel.maegz + fails. + >> git annex get shared/1bel.maegz --from origin + fails. + >> git annex copy shared/1bel.maegz --from origin + fails. + >> git annex move shared/1bel.maegz --from origin + succeeds! Now I have the file in my clone. + +Each failure message is: + + fatal: Could not switch to '../.git/annex/objects/W8/gZ/SHA256-s99196--62874e9b58e652c9c01e796c2bf38b2234a80e0cef95c185bb7f0857d9765df2': No such file or directory + git-annex: <file descriptor: 6>: hGetLine: end of file + +How are copy, move, and get different? Which one *should* I be using to move my large data into the central (bare) repo? Will it then be available to other clones? |