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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-01-08 15:54:14 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-01-08 15:54:14 -0400
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New migrate subcommand can be used to switch files to using a different backend, safely and with no duplication of content.
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With no parameters, defaults to finding all files in the current directory
and its subdirectories.
+* migrate [path ...]
+
+ Changes the specified annexed files to store their content in the
+ default backend (or the one specified with --backend).
+
+ Note that the content is not removed from the backend it was previously in.
+ Use `git annex unused` to find and remove such content.
+
* unannex [path ...]
Use this to undo an accidental add command. This is not the command you