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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2017-05-31 20:01:21 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2017-05-31 20:01:21 -0400
commit6b3608a0001b85fb4e0de1abba901fc00e42cb88 (patch)
treee4a33364095c2fbe69bb4f04d07551e863cc99fb
parente3d29d2f17e8b651bf215de3461d5f5aa0fe6240 (diff)
document move/copy --fast and --force
There was documentation in 7a3aafe76274a9e54395acb8ec2ce351888495de, but it was lost in the man page split. I don't know if this --force is very useful. Considered removing it instead..
-rw-r--r--doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn9
-rw-r--r--doc/git-annex-move.mdwn12
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn
index 50b407c3c..ecf78e905 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn
@@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ Copies the content of files from or to another remote.
* `--fast`
- Avoid contacting the remote to check if it has every file when copying
- --to it.
+ When copying content to a remote, avoid a round trip to check if the remote
+ already has content. This can be faster, but might skip copying content
+ to the remote in some cases.
* `--force`
- Force checking the remote for every file when copying --from it.
+ When copying content from a remote, ignore location tracking information
+ and always check if the remote has content. Can be useful if the location
+ tracking information is out of date.
* `--all`
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-move.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-move.mdwn
index 6bf24309b..0aa349dee 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-move.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-move.mdwn
@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ Moves the content of files from or to another remote.
Use this option to move a specified key.
+* `--fast`
+
+ When moving content to a remote, avoid a round trip to check if the remote
+ already has content. This can be faster, but might skip moving content
+ to the remote in some cases.
+
+* `--force`
+
+ When moving content from a remote, ignore location tracking information
+ and always check if the remote has content. Can be useful if the location
+ tracking information is out of date.
+
* file matching options
The [[git-annex-matching-options]](1)