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diff --git a/doc/bugs/add_range_argument_to___34__git_annex_dropunused__34___.mdwn b/doc/bugs/add_range_argument_to___34__git_annex_dropunused__34___.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 471a698a0..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/add_range_argument_to___34__git_annex_dropunused__34___.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -The command `git annex dropunused` currently takes a number, as referenced in output of last `git annex unused` command. - -When you want to drop all, or a range, this may be annoying, as you have to specify each number on the command line. - -A range argument, such as `1-1845`, possibly combined with other argument types (Cf. many print dialogues: `1,3,5-7,9`) would be great. - -I work around this lack as I want to drop all unused files anyway by something like this: - - git annex unused | grep -o -P "^ [0-9]+" | xargs git annex dropunused - -> It's designed to be used with `seq`. There's an example in the -> [[walkthrough|walkthrough/unused_data]], and of course multiple seq calls can be used to -> specifiy multiple ranges. So: - - git annex dropunused `seq 1 9` `seq 11 1845` - -> I don't see adding my own range operations to be an improvement worth -> making; it'd arguably only be a complication. --[[Joey]] [[done]] - ->> Actually, this did get implemented, since using seq could fall afoul ->> of command-line length limits in extreme cases. |