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author | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-09-05 12:40:22 -0400 |
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committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-09-05 12:40:22 -0400 |
commit | 9b9b4d42bcf89a4c1860380547518ce761514831 (patch) | |
tree | 58fc80cdd464be6d48b5c37b37d6182a7e748d4d | |
parent | 6f569b347990beb7805ab9a0b0ef8686265fe414 (diff) |
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/forum/untitled/comment_1_0176d1d50bd62b113ff690346ba4161b._comment | 15 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/git-annex-get.mdwn | 3 |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/.mdwn b/doc/forum/untitled.mdwn index ce75143cf..ce75143cf 100644 --- a/doc/forum/.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/untitled.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/untitled/comment_1_0176d1d50bd62b113ff690346ba4161b._comment b/doc/forum/untitled/comment_1_0176d1d50bd62b113ff690346ba4161b._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5e030b962 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/untitled/comment_1_0176d1d50bd62b113ff690346ba4161b._comment @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2016-09-05T16:34:35Z" + content=""" +Remotes have configurable costs, see `remote.<name>.annex-cost` +documentation in [[git-annex]]. + +`git annex get` and some other commands can be used with `-J3` to +download multiple files at once. However, it only downloads +each file from the cheapest remote that has a copy. + +It would perhaps be an interesting improvement to make it round-robin +amoung remotes if there are multiple ones that have the same cost. +"""]] diff --git a/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn index 32d2f7fbd..73975a9bb 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ or transferring them from some kind of key-value store. * `--from=remote` Normally git-annex will choose which remotes to get the content - from. Use this option to specify which remote to use. + from, preferring less expensive remotes. Use this option to specify + which remote to use. Any files that are not available on the remote will be silently skipped. |