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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/powerful_file_matching.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/powerful_file_matching.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index d5d29377c..000000000 --- a/doc/walkthrough/powerful_file_matching.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -git-annex has a powerful syntax for making it act on only certian files. - -The simplest thing is to exclude some files, using wild cards: - - git annex get --exclude '*.mp3' --exclude '*.ogg' - -But you can also exclude files that git-annex's [[location_tracking]] -information indicates are present in a given repository. For example, -if you want to populate newarchive with files, but not those already -on oldarchive, you could do it like this: - - git annex copy --not --in oldarchive --to newarchive - -Without the --not, --in makes it act on files that *are* in the specified -repository. So, to remove files that are on oldarchive: - - git annex drop --in oldarchive - -Or maybe you're curious which files have a lot of copies, and then -also want to know which files have only one copy: - - git annex find --copies 7 - git annex find --not --copies 2 - -The above are the simple examples of specifying what files git-annex -should act on. But you can specify anything you can dream up by combining -the things above, with --and --or -( and -). Those last two strange-looking -options are parentheses, for grouping other options. You will probably -have to escape them from your shell. - -Here are the mp3 files that are in either of two repositories, but have -less than 3 copies: - - git annex find --not --exclude '*.mp3' --and \ - -\( --in usbdrive --or --in archive -\) --and \ - --not --copies 3 |