[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="http://joeyh.name/"
 nickname="joey"
 subject="comment 5"
 date="2013-04-30T21:57:13Z"
 content="""
Yes, `git annex sync` only syncs the metadata. 

If you have numcopies set to to, and run `git annex copy --to RAID --auto`, it will only copy files that have less than 2 copies. (Same with `git annex copy --from BIG --auto` or `git annex get --auto`)
"""]]
