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author | 2013-06-30 02:37:39 +0000 | |
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committer | 2013-06-30 02:37:39 +0000 | |
commit | 955dc0e36bcaf62d228aefad5466b61952f134ef (patch) | |
tree | 5df8e6a34fb1fdcd0175070ba4416dfc92506daf | |
parent | cc52c2d1a171c3123e4a068733214f02b25a56f7 (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/wishlist:_support_copy_--from__61__x_--to__61__y.mdwn b/doc/bugs/wishlist:_support_copy_--from__61__x_--to__61__y.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2edf7d714 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/wishlist:_support_copy_--from__61__x_--to__61__y.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +I'd like to be able to: + + git annex copy --from=x --to=y . + +Use case (true story) follows: + +My desktop hard drive was filling up. I dropped some large files which are also stored (via git-annex) on my backup drive. While these aren't irreplaceable files, I'd prefer to have at least two copies of everything I've decided I care enough about to archive. Later, I get a 2nd external drive, and I: + + git annex copy --to=new-external-drive . + +Fantastic! Now I've got everything that was important/useful enough to keep on my desktop backed up a 2nd time onto my new drive. + +But my new drive doesn't have a copy of any of the files I dropped from my desktop. I would like to be able to: + + git annex copy --from=old-external-drive --to=new-external-drive . + +on my desktop, and then my new drive would have a copy of everything, and my desktop drive would still have plenty of space (ie the files I'd dropped to make space would still not be stored on the desktop). + +The git repos on these external drives are both bare (as in ``git init --bare``) because they are used only for backups. Thus I operate on them only as remotes from my main (desktop) repo. |