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| author |  Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@koumbit.org> | 2015-05-29 12:02:22 -0400 |
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| committer | Antoine Beaupré <anarcat@koumbit.org> | 2015-05-29 12:02:22 -0400 |
| commit | dc27de1f2b8a2ae13db947f99435b38c5fa01f3a (patch) | |
| tree | c5b68f03ae7a515e7e60456432e74b00dd2f37b1 /doc/git-annex-required.mdwn | |
| parent | 6aa866df4661093857b66f2d6a2a64965b39feb1 (diff) | |
explain in the required manpage the difference with wanted
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-required.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-required.mdwn index cde3cd6ab..8239ac7d5 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex-required.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex-required.mdwn @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git annex required `repository [expression]` # DESCRIPTION When run with an expression, configures the content that is required -to be held in the archive. See [[git-annex-preferred-content]](1) +to be held in the archive. For example: @@ -18,10 +18,20 @@ For example: Without an expression, displays the current required content setting of the repository. +While [[git-annex-wanted]] is just a preference, +[[git-annex-required]] designates content that should really not be +removed. For example a file that is `wanted` can be removed with `git +annex drop`, but if that file is `required`, it would need to be +removed with `git annex drop --force`. + # SEE ALSO [[git-annex]](1) +[[git-annex-wanted]](1) + +[[git-annex-preferred-content]](1) + # AUTHOR Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name> |