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| author |  http://yarikoptic.myopenid.com/ <site-myopenid@web> | 2013-05-30 20:26:52 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2013-05-30 20:26:52 +0000 |
| commit | a347eab5f1ac804ef3cc404b3117225d04e74dac (patch) | |
| tree | 1accdb08c8495aa1ec29a740f0563b3bcd3ddee9 /doc/walkthrough | |
| parent | 87de4a6e56caebc140945ab9bd73c61c7155395b (diff) | |
Added a comment: feature request: unlock --drop
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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/modifying_annexed_files/comment_2_b000622304535d32b69db17d51156b21._comment b/doc/walkthrough/modifying_annexed_files/comment_2_b000622304535d32b69db17d51156b21._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6a2d2c2a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/walkthrough/modifying_annexed_files/comment_2_b000622304535d32b69db17d51156b21._comment @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="http://yarikoptic.myopenid.com/" + nickname="site-myopenid" + subject="feature request: unlock --drop" + date="2013-05-30T20:26:52Z" + content=""" +ATM unlock copies original file for modifications, so that original copy remains under annex and possibly to-be-edited copy created. +But if I am \"unlock\"ing file I might simply not be interested in a previous copy and want to maintain only a single (possibly edited) new copy. +What if there was a mode where the actual file is simply moved into \"unlocked\" location for editing, thus effectively dropping the actual content from git annex. That would allow to not inquire lengthy copying/wasting local space. If then I would need a previous copy I would just \"get\" it again. +"""]] |