From 52a1ecb1e44db4f3260716c41b9e740416426860 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkWHj0RxNMfuwvFzo2d-V6vBKOYwW_Fnfk" Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 03:31:45 +0000 Subject: --- doc/todo/wishlist:_--all_option_for_sync.mdwn | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/wishlist:_--all_option_for_sync.mdwn (limited to 'doc/todo') diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_--all_option_for_sync.mdwn b/doc/todo/wishlist:_--all_option_for_sync.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..75e4b27d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/wishlist:_--all_option_for_sync.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +I wish to preserve all history on the backup drives using standard groups and the `sync` command. Namely, if I do the following + + touch test-of-annex-backup.txt + git annex add test-of-annex-backup.txt + git commit --message='test: Create empty test-of-annex-backup.txt file' + git annex edit test-of-annex-backup.txt + echo "This line creates version 2 of this file" > test-of-annex-backup.txt + git annex add test-of-annex-backup.txt + git commit --message='test: Create version 2 of test-of-annex-backup.txt' + git annex sync --content --all + +I expect to see 2 copies of `test-of-annex-backup.txt` be copied to each accessible annex repository in the `backup` [standard group](http://git-annex.branchable.com/preferred_content/standard_groups/) + +At present, the `backup` standard group prefers unused files, but the `sync` command cannot act on this configuration, since it lacks an `--all` option. This is surprising to me as a user, and appears to contradict the intent of the preferred content, as evinced by the awkward explanation of why it is there in [preferred content](http://git-annex.branchable.com/preferred_content/) + +Please add an `--all` option to the `sync` command + +Thanks + +Andrew -- cgit v1.2.3