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diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_--dry-run_option_for_all_commands/comment_1_03bf493d5a7f957339f9aa388ba85ef8._comment b/doc/todo/wishlist:_--dry-run_option_for_all_commands/comment_1_03bf493d5a7f957339f9aa388ba85ef8._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..772574738 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/wishlist:_--dry-run_option_for_all_commands/comment_1_03bf493d5a7f957339f9aa388ba85ef8._comment @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2014-11-03T16:44:45Z" + content=""" +This would add a lot of complexity; it's not like I could switch off +running all external commands, since many external commands are run to +query state to decide what to do. And then there's large chunks of code +that actually do stuff and would have to all be guarded to not run. + +I don't see the benefit to justify this work. `git annex add` is entirely +predictable; it's very similar to `git add`. Which itself lacks a dry-run +option. And like `git add`, you can certianly undo the effects of `git +annex add`. + +Matching options can make commands like `git annex find` list the same +set of files that are acted on by commands like `git annex drop` +(`git annex find --in here`) +and `git annex get` (`git annex find --not --in here`). +"""]] |