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diff --git a/doc/preferred_content.mdwn b/doc/preferred_content.mdwn index 0f284c4c1..6a5364f67 100644 --- a/doc/preferred_content.mdwn +++ b/doc/preferred_content.mdwn @@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ The name of the directory can be configured using (If no directory name is configured, it uses "public" by default.) +## testing preferred content settings + +To check at the command line which files are matched by preferred content +settings, you can use the --want-get and --want-drop options. + +For example, "git annex find --want-get --not --in ." will find all the +files that "git annex get --auto" will want to get, and "git annex find +--want-drop --in ." will find all the files that "git annex drop --auto" +will want to drop. + ## standard expressions git-annex comes with some standard preferred content expressions, that can |