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diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_support_copy_--from__61__x_--to__61__y.mdwn b/doc/todo/wishlist:_support_copy_--from__61__x_--to__61__y.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index b4f966abb..000000000 --- a/doc/todo/wishlist:_support_copy_--from__61__x_--to__61__y.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -I'd like to be able to: - - git annex copy --from=x --to=y . - -Use case (true story) follows: - -My desktop hard drive was filling up. I dropped some large files which are also stored (via git-annex) on my backup drive. While these aren't irreplaceable files, I'd prefer to have at least two copies of everything I've decided I care enough about to archive. Later, I get a 2nd external drive, and I: - - git annex copy --to=new-external-drive . - -Fantastic! Now I've got everything that was important/useful enough to keep on my desktop backed up a 2nd time onto my new drive. - -But my new drive doesn't have a copy of any of the files I dropped from my desktop. I would like to be able to: - - git annex copy --from=old-external-drive --to=new-external-drive . - -on my desktop, and then my new drive would have a copy of everything, and my desktop drive would still have plenty of space (ie the files I'd dropped to make space would still not be stored on the desktop). - -The git repos on these external drives are both bare (as in ``git init --bare``) because they are used only for backups. Thus I operate on them only as remotes from my main (desktop) repo. - -> I have now implemented the --all option, and it's the default when -> running `git annex get` inside a bare repo. -> -> So, the solution is to `cd` to the repository on old-external-drive, -> and `git remote add newdrive /path/to/new/drive/repo`. Then run `git -> annex copy --all --to newdrive` and it'll move everything. -> -> Calling this [[done]] unless there are other use cases where the double -> copy method is really needed? --[[Joey]] |