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diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_option_to_disable_url_checking_with_addurl.mdwn b/doc/todo/wishlist:_option_to_disable_url_checking_with_addurl.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a046f70ab --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/wishlist:_option_to_disable_url_checking_with_addurl.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +I'm testing out an idea of using filter-branch on a git repository to both retroactively annex and AND record a weburl for all relevant files. + +c.f. [http://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/How_to_retroactively_annex_a_file_already_in_a_git_repo/](http://git-annex.branchable.com/tips/How_to_retroactively_annex_a_file_already_in_a_git_repo/) + +The bottleneck I'm hitting here seems to be the fact that `git annex addurl` diligently checks each url to see that it is accessible, which adds up quickly if many files are to be processed. + +It would be great if addurl had an option to disable checking the url, in order to speed up large batch jobs like this. |