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author | https://mey.vn/ <https://mey.vn/@web> | 2015-08-06 22:49:02 +0000 |
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committer | admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2015-08-06 22:49:02 +0000 |
commit | 5b3bd2646c42f62ba18544cb145eadd124b19385 (patch) | |
tree | 14f8b23baf185f76241cc5ac3a4ba6ecc1a040c8 | |
parent | 7ca4fefccb1b0c98867a0e422b449e340b1cc476 (diff) |
-rw-r--r-- | doc/forum/checkout_view_to_directory_outside_of_annex.mdwn | 6 |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/checkout_view_to_directory_outside_of_annex.mdwn b/doc/forum/checkout_view_to_directory_outside_of_annex.mdwn index 4369f86e8..5a198b64e 100644 --- a/doc/forum/checkout_view_to_directory_outside_of_annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/checkout_view_to_directory_outside_of_annex.mdwn @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -i am working on a project where i need to copy many subsets of files stored in a single annex repo to separate folders outside of the annex repo. +i am working on a project where i need to copy many subsets of files stored in a single annex repo to separate folders outside of the annex repo (each subset to a separate folder). -to select the subset, i'm using `git annex metadata --set <tag> <path>`. +to select each subset, i'm using `git annex metadata --set <tag>=<value> <path>`. -what i would like to do, ideally, is to leverage `git annex view` to directly check out the files to a specific directory outside of the annex repo. +what i would like to do, ideally, is to leverage each `git annex view <tag>=<value>` invocation to directly check out the view's files to a specific directory outside of the annex repo. the use case is basically the "Copying objects" strategy of the [syncthing special remote discussion](http://git-annex.branchable.com/todo/syncthing_special_remote/), although rather than having the 'directory' special remote contain files in that remote's specific layout, i would like them to be checked out simply with their original file names. |