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diff --git a/doc/devblog/day_473__distributed_use_of_exports.mdwn b/doc/devblog/day_473__distributed_use_of_exports.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..311329246 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/devblog/day_473__distributed_use_of_exports.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +The tricky part of the `git annex export` feature has definitely been +making it work in a distributed situation. The last details of that seem to +have been worked out now. + +I had to remove support for dropping individual files from export remotes. +The [[design|design/exporting_trees_to_special_remotes]] has a scenario +where that makes distributed use of exports inconsistent. + +But, what is working now is `git annex export` being run in one repository, +and then another repository, after syncing, can get files from the export. + +Most of export is done now. The only thing I'm thinking about adding is +a way to make an export track a branch. so `git annex sync` can update +the export. + +Today's work was sponsored by Jake Vosloo on +[Patreon](https://patreon.com/joeyh/). |