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diff --git a/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_30_7d045871f9ebbb89e3f9bbfa28e8468f._comment b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_30_7d045871f9ebbb89e3f9bbfa28e8468f._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4330e7f97 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol/comment_30_7d045871f9ebbb89e3f9bbfa28e8468f._comment @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 30""" + date="2016-05-23T18:54:35Z" + content=""" +You can find out the size of a key by using +`git-annex examinekey $key --format='${bytesize}\n'` +(There's a --batch option to avoid needing to spin up +repeated such processes.) + +I suppose I could add a PROGRESSPRECENT, but any version of git-annex that +didn't support it would fail with a protocol error if a special remote +tried to use that. So, the special remote would need to check git-annex +version to use it. + +So, maybe better to get the size of the key yourself, and convert the +percentage to bytes for PROGRESS. +"""]] |