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| author |  Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-12-13 12:53:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2016-12-13 12:53:12 -0400 |
| commit | a98877df3b73aee7d61b99bd4c494f12c0cc05c6 (patch) | |
| tree | c9fe8b742bb9a8633f2ad69c0b4ad23e400c3b9b /doc | |
| parent | 1f74ec4f93f80a6b67780b2b7a9cbb81689d3c54 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/doc/forum/more_intelligent_copy_/comment_2_7b3f5d2e9de4b13de821177db2f57bcd._comment b/doc/forum/more_intelligent_copy_/comment_2_7b3f5d2e9de4b13de821177db2f57bcd._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..474a068b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/more_intelligent_copy_/comment_2_7b3f5d2e9de4b13de821177db2f57bcd._comment @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 2""" + date="2016-12-13T16:51:03Z" + content=""" +`git annex copy --fast` has the same behavior as `--not --in REMOTE` + +The reason this is not the default behavior is that git-annex's location +tracking information can sometimes be out of date, and then those +two will not copy some files despite their content not being any longer +in the remote. This won't lead to data loss, but could result +in unexpected behavior, and so the slower, more understandable behavior +is used by default. (Although I sometimes go back and forth on switching +it.) +"""]] |