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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-03-08 14:26:29 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-03-08 14:26:29 -0400 |
| commit | 9fcaecb288d7eb1eeafd1603a6aa44e62063769f (patch) | |
| tree | 9036b3cc2b64c5628111b22087ab84462cd65784 | |
| parent | 61e644fb6d5bca42d14b844f20dea57694f87535 (diff) | |
document get -J's behavior of spreading load amoung same-cost remotes
I implemented this last fall, but forgot to document it anywhere.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/git-annex-get.mdwn | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn index f30ee49e1..b7f2f74b2 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ or transferring them from some kind of key-value store. * `--from=remote` Normally git-annex will choose which remotes to get the content - from, preferring less expensive remotes. Use this option to specify + from, preferring remotes with lower costs. Use this option to specify which remote to use. Any files that are not available on the remote will be silently skipped. @@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ or transferring them from some kind of key-value store. Enables parallel download with up to the specified number of jobs running at once. For example: `-J10` + When files can be downloaded from multiple remotes, enabling parallel + downloads will split the load between the remotes. For example, if + the files are available on remotes A and B, then one file will be + downloaded from A, and another file will be downloaded from B in + parallel. (Remotes with lower costs are still preferred over higher cost + remotes.) + * file matching options The [[git-annex-matching-options]](1) |