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diff --git a/doc/transferring_data.mdwn b/doc/transferring_data.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9526a3e48 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/transferring_data.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +git-annex can transfer data to or from any of a repository's git remotes. +Depending on where the remote is, the data transfer is done using rsync +(over ssh, with automatic resume), or plain cp (with copy-on-write +optimisations on supported filesystems). + +It's equally easy to transfer a single file to or from a repository, +or to launch a retrievel of a massive pile of files from whatever +repositories they are scattered amoung. + +git-annex automatically uses whatever remotes are currently accessible, +preferring ones that are less expensive to talk to. + +[[!img repomap.png caption="A real-world repository interconnection map +(generated by git-annex map)"]] |