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diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 60736d579..44abd6943 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -190,6 +190,28 @@ subdirectories). git annex import /media/camera/DCIM/ + By default, importing two files with the same contents from two different + locations will result in both files being added to the repository. + (With all checksumming backends, including the default SHA256E, + only one copy of the data will be stored.) + + To not delete files from the import location, use the + --duplicate option. This could allow importing the same files repeatedly + to different locations in a repository. More likely, it could be used to + import the same files to a number of different branches or separate git + repositories. + + To only import files whose content has not been seen before by git-annex, + use the --deduplicate option. Duplicate files will be deleted from the + import location. + + The --clean-duplicates option does not import any new files, but any files + found in the import location that are duplicates of content in the annex + are deleted. + + (Note that using --deduplicate or --clean-duplicates with the WORM + backend does not look at file content, but filename and mtime.) + * importfeed [url ...] Imports the contents of podcast feeds. Only downloads files whose |