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author | 2013-06-30 13:34:52 -0400 | |
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committer | 2013-06-30 13:34:52 -0400 | |
commit | c71fd0cdab20fac3d3a6ce1d0125035b5951a758 (patch) | |
tree | 26c44322478d8654d48d4c1410c1a4c95a5ccf82 /doc/todo/wishlist:_support_copy_--from__61__x_--to__61__y.mdwn | |
parent | c3c146d5f0457ae3d35343a35933f1decd03d33b (diff) |
move todo item out of bug list
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diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_support_copy_--from__61__x_--to__61__y.mdwn b/doc/todo/wishlist:_support_copy_--from__61__x_--to__61__y.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2edf7d714 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/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. |