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diff --git a/doc/todo/whishlist:_make_partial_files_available_during_transfer.mdwn b/doc/todo/whishlist:_make_partial_files_available_during_transfer.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b021c9091 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/whishlist:_make_partial_files_available_during_transfer.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Imagine this situation: +You have a laptop and a NAS. +On your laptop you want to consume a large media file located on the NAS. +So you type: + + git annex get --from nas mediafile + +But now you have to wait for the download to complete, unless either + +* rsync is pointed directly to the file in the object storage ("--inplace") +or +* the symlink temporarily points to the partial file during a transfer + +which would allow you instantaneous consumption of your media. +It might make sense to make this behavior configurable, because not everyone might agree with having partial content (that mismatches its key) around. + + +So what do you say? |