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author | 2011-02-27 12:45:48 -0400 | |
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committer | 2011-02-27 12:45:48 -0400 | |
commit | 98e246b49b3c4fed319fe7bc1e900ba20ebfc9e1 (patch) | |
tree | ad49ec6baf1b57f3acc8b694bdfc1bbd0986021f /doc/walkthrough/getting_file_content.mdwn | |
parent | 9e49a71282def0b6d6f7507d59eb0f805c6e0073 (diff) |
split the walkthrough and inline back together
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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/getting_file_content.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/getting_file_content.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a863303ce --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/walkthrough/getting_file_content.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +A repository does not always have all annexed file contents available. +When you need the content of a file, you can use "git annex get" to +make it available. + +We can use this to copy everything in the laptop's annex to the +USB drive. + + # cd /media/usb/annex + # git pull laptop master + # git annex get . + get my_cool_big_file (copying from laptop...) ok + get iso/debian.iso (copying from laptop...) ok + +Notice that you had to git pull from laptop first, this lets git-annex know +what has changed in laptop, and so it knows about the files present there and +can get them. |