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diff --git a/doc/todo/inject_on_import.mdwn b/doc/todo/inject_on_import.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a4f4b1e1e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/inject_on_import.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Would it be possible to add an `--inject` option to import? + +Say, for example, I have an annex on computer A which has a subset of files and a directory of files which are potentional duplicates of files in the annex. + +I would like to do something like this: + + mkdir ~/annex/import + cd ~/annex/import + git annex import --deduplicate --inject ~/directory/of/files + +This would do the same as `--deduplicate`, except if the file is not present in the annex, it would be injected. For example: + +Annex knows about A and B, A is present but B is not. +$DIR contains A, B and C. + +A would be deleted from $DIR due to `--deduplicate`. +B would be injected into the repo (making it present) due to `--inject`, then deleted from $DIR. +C would be added to the annex, resulting in this + + $ ls ~/annex/import + C |