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+I'd like to be able to:
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+    git annex copy --from=x --to=y .
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+Use case (true story) follows:
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+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:
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+    git annex copy --to=new-external-drive .
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+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.
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+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:
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+    git annex copy --from=old-external-drive --to=new-external-drive .
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+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).
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+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.