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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2017-01-30 15:11:26 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name>2017-01-30 15:27:25 -0400
commitdc2095666d7b8e39ec3e1f2f26dca7eceff34877 (patch)
tree1318374f174afc23da83910d0a23aa24c0ae4af7 /doc
parent0a3f602b6367d7ac71947e9d38ea8004f28a465a (diff)
vicfg: Include the numcopies configuation.
Docs say vicfg can configure everything from git-annex branch, so it ought to configure numcopies. Note that commenting out existing numcopies does not unset it. This commit was sponsored by Thom May on Patreon.
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-rw-r--r--doc/git-annex-numcopies.mdwn5
-rw-r--r--doc/git-annex-vicfg.mdwn13
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-numcopies.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-numcopies.mdwn
index b29cbb8bf..96701e1ef 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-numcopies.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-numcopies.mdwn
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ git annex numcopies `N`
# DESCRIPTION
Tells git-annex how many copies it should preserve of files, over all
-repositories. The default is 1.
+repositories. The default is 1.
Run without a number to get the current value.
+This configuration is stored in the git-annex branch, so it will be seen
+by all clones of the repository.
+
When git-annex is asked to drop a file, it first verifies that the
required number of copies can be satisfied among all the other
repositories that have a copy of the file.
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-vicfg.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-vicfg.mdwn
index 171a4acef..45bbb9b7f 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-vicfg.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-vicfg.mdwn
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# NAME
-git-annex vicfg - edit git-annex's configuration
+git-annex vicfg - edit configuration in git-annex branch
# SYNOPSIS
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@ git annex vicfg
# DESCRIPTION
-Opens EDITOR on a temp file containing all of git-annex's global
-configuration settings, and when it exits, stores any
-changes made back to the git-annex branch.
+Opens EDITOR on a temp file containing all of git-annex's
+configuration settings that are stored in the git-annex branch,
+and when it exits, stores any changes made back to the git-annex branch.
+
+Unlike git config settings, these configuration settings can be seen
+by all clones of the repository.
# SEE ALSO
[[git-annex]](1)
+git-config(1)
+
# AUTHOR
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>