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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/git-annex.mdwn | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index cf6a0c6bd..ffcfa1f3b 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -259,13 +259,13 @@ subdirectories). To check a remote to fsck, specify --from. + To avoid expensive checksum calculations (and expensive transfers when + fscking a remote), specify --fast. + To start a new incremental fsck, specify --incremental. Then the next time you fsck, you can specify --more to skip over files that have already been checked, and continue where it left off. - To avoid expensive checksum calculations (and expensive transfers when - fscking a remote), specify --fast. - * unused Checks the annex for data that does not correspond to any files present @@ -514,6 +514,17 @@ subdirectories). Overrides the `annex.numcopies` setting, forcing git-annex to ensure the specified number of copies exist. +* --time-limit=time + + Limits how long a git-annex command runs. The time can be something + like "5h", or "30m" or even "45s" or "10d". + + Note that git-annex may continue running a little past the specified + time limit, in order to finish processing a file. + + Also, note that if the time limit prevents git-annex from doing all it + was asked to, it will exit with a special code, 101. + * --trust=repository * --semitrust=repository * --untrust=repository |