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| author |  anarcat <anarcat@web> | 2015-06-22 22:06:30 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2015-06-22 22:06:30 +0000 |
| commit | ca8b0b3d942891c51b6b3857e0259913243c0a00 (patch) | |
| tree | 9edee93700c3132868cae6b45420332b8544578b | |
| parent | 259f4ce165451dc5e5e84a4c8df2e70d20a6ad58 (diff) | |
another idea...
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diff --git a/doc/todo/git-annex_du.mdwn b/doc/todo/git-annex_du.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2df6096d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/git-annex_du.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +so i know about the various discussions around a `du` that follows git-annex symlinks (e.g. [[forum/__34__du__34___equivalent_on_an_annex__63__/]] or [[forum/gadu_-_git-annex_disk_usage/]]. this is not about that. :) + +i believe there's a distinct use-case for a simpler `du` subcommand that will calculate the disk space used locally (in case of the default `--in here`) but could also use the tracking log to determine the space usage in *other* locations. this would be especially useful on remotes that we don't have shell access to, s3 comes to mind. i thought that `git annex info` could output that, but it seems it doesn't: + +<pre> +$ git annex info . --in s3 --exclude='video/original/*' +directory: . +local annex keys: 0 +local annex size: 0 bytes +annexed files in working tree: 0 +size of annexed files in working tree: 0 bytes +numcopies stats: +repositories containing these files: +$ git annex info --in s3 --exclude='video/original/*' +repository mode: indirect +trusted repositories: 0 +semitrusted repositories: 6 + 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002 -- bittorrent + 2d61a8de-a24e-44e3-9aa0-54f033fec1e9 -- host-mp20120507-1.mp.isuma.tv + 9401d7b3-44d2-48ab-a9f1-c77fac469a1a -- s3 + c510ddad-24cd-4353-b5f4-03581f6f9dca -- cs.isuma.tv [here] + d2a7d4ff-1dbf-4bfa-bb97-ae593626daf6 -- sneakernet + e747d5c8-ea47-480f-8c5d-2986ce65ed89 -- isuma.tv +untrusted repositories: 2 + 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 -- web + 36d2cb94-e0a2-446a-87c9-02f73135b302 -- anarcat@desktop008:~/src/isuma/isuma-files +transfers in progress: none +available local disk space: 67.66 gigabytes (+1 megabyte reserved) +local annex keys: 0 +local annex size: 0 bytes +annexed files in working tree: 0 +size of annexed files in working tree: 0 bytes +bloom filter size: 16 mebibytes (0% full) +backend usage: +</pre> + +you can see the advantage of having a separate du command above: first off, it would give directly the information we're looking for. it could also work on remote repositories, use the powerful pattern matching, and so on... + +thanks! [[anarcat]] |