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author | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-05-31 20:01:21 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-05-31 20:01:21 -0400 |
commit | 6b3608a0001b85fb4e0de1abba901fc00e42cb88 (patch) | |
tree | e4a33364095c2fbe69bb4f04d07551e863cc99fb | |
parent | e3d29d2f17e8b651bf215de3461d5f5aa0fe6240 (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.mdwn | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/git-annex-move.mdwn | 12 |
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 Can be useful if the location + tracking information is out of date.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 Can be useful if the location + tracking information is out of date.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) |