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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2015-05-01 14:13:30 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2015-05-01 14:13:30 -0400
commit4f92fda350fd640ff6a5797bb02b600574aaf478 (patch)
treedd5ee7fe3155b53de69ec43ff0452ed74c02e1ee /doc
parentbbdbe81a3f688c6eb50777ea0aba7a38074b0695 (diff)
fix thru documentation
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/bugs/failure_to_find_file_that___34__should__34___exist_in_remote_is_silent.mdwn6
-rw-r--r--doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn2
-rw-r--r--doc/git-annex-get.mdwn4
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bugs/failure_to_find_file_that___34__should__34___exist_in_remote_is_silent.mdwn b/doc/bugs/failure_to_find_file_that___34__should__34___exist_in_remote_is_silent.mdwn
index 5718e5011..6197861e1 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/failure_to_find_file_that___34__should__34___exist_in_remote_is_silent.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/failure_to_find_file_that___34__should__34___exist_in_remote_is_silent.mdwn
@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ My particular issue has probably existed through a few version upgrades though.
# End of transcript or log.
"""]]
+
+> Since neither of us can think of a better behavior for `git annex
+> get/copy > --from remote` in this case, I've been reduced to documenting
+> it better. The docs now mention that --from will cause it to silently
+> skip files that are not present in the specified remote. So, [[done]]
+> --[[Joey]]
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn
index e61cd1281..25773a4fe 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-copy.mdwn
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Copies the content of files from or to another remote.
Use this option to copy the content of files from the specified
remote to the local repository.
+
+ Any files that are not available on the remote will be silently skipped.
* `--to=remote`
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn
index a72c79912..7d4da59ef 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-get.mdwn
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ or transferring them from some kind of key-value store.
* `--from=remote`
Normally git-annex will choose which remotes to get the content
- from. Use this option to specify which remote to use.
+ from. Use this option to specify which remote to use.
+
+ Any files that are not available on the remote will be silently skipped.
* `--all`