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author | 2014-08-19 12:11:19 -0400 | |
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committer | 2014-08-19 12:11:19 -0400 | |
commit | 52fc6cd95aa278cdf438041c717edc1bc009c160 (patch) | |
tree | 64cc8f8dcb00218408ff78c76baa317983712298 /doc/git-annex.mdwn | |
parent | b15839a9acaedfaa3e00b165b7b0a4048522669f (diff) |
clarify that --all doesn't operate on a single file
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 06e8794f1..11e086a8c 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ subdirectories). or transferring them from some kind of key-value store. Normally git-annex will choose which repository to copy the content from, - but you can override this using the `--from` option. Only the last version - of the file is retrieved (use `--all` to retrieve all versions of - the file). `--key=KEY` option can be used to retrieve a specified key - without the filename. + but you can override this using the `--from` option. + + Rather than specifying a filename, the `--all` option can be used to + get all available versions of all files, or the --key=KEY` + option can be used to get a specified key. * `drop [path ...]` |