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diff --git a/doc/forum/Using_standard_groups_and_sync_to_preserve_history:_--all_not_recognised.mdwn b/doc/forum/Using_standard_groups_and_sync_to_preserve_history:_--all_not_recognised.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f191503e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Using_standard_groups_and_sync_to_preserve_history:_--all_not_recognised.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +My copy of *git-annex* refuses to sync all, namely when I try it I get the following error + + $ git annex sync --content --all + git-annex: unrecognized option `--all' + + Usage: git-annex sync [REMOTE ...] [option ...] + --content also transfer file contents + + To see additional options common to all commands, run: git annex help options + +This contradicts the advice on [preferred content](http://git-annex.branchable.com/preferred_content/) set out under **difference: unused**, +and I cannot see any other options in my man page that would address the lack of this option. + +The problem I am trying to solve is that I wish to preserve all history on the backup drives. Namely, if I do the following + + touch test-of-annex-backup.txt + git annex add test-of-annex-backup.txt + git commit --message='test: Create empty test-of-annex-backup.txt file' + git annex edit test-of-annex-backup.txt + echo "This line creates version 2 of this file" > test-of-annex-backup.txt + git annex add test-of-annex-backup.txt + git commit --message='test: Create version 2 of test-of-annex-backup.txt' + git annex sync --content --all + +I expect to see 2 copies of `test-of-annex-backup.txt` be copied to each accessible annex repository in the `backup` group + +I tried googling for `"git annex sync --content --all"`, but I only find pages telling me that this is what I should use, and none saying the option has been deprecated. + +I am very confused, as this seems to me an almost stereotypical use of *git-annex*, and yet I cannot see how to do it + +thanks + +Andrew |