git-annex pull and push
Split out two new commands, git-annex pull and git-annex push. Those plus a
git commit are equivilant to git-annex sync.
In a sense, git-annex sync conflates 3 things, and it would have been
better to have push and pull from the beginning and not sync. Although
note that git-annex sync --content is faster than a pull followed by a
push, because it only has to walk the tree once, look at preferred
content once, etc. So there is some value in git-annex sync in speed, as
well as user convenience.
And it would be hard to split out pull and push from sync, as far as the
implementaton goes. The implementation inside sync was easy, just adjust
SyncOptions so it does the right thing.
Note that the new commands default to syncing content, unless
annex.synccontent is explicitly set to false. I'd like sync to also do
that, but that's a hard transition to make. As a start to that
transition, I added a note to git-annex-sync.mdwn that it may start to
do so in a future version of git-annex. But a real transition would
necessarily involve displaying warnings when sync is used without
--content, and time.
Sponsored-by: Kevin Mueller on Patreon
2023-05-16 20:37:30 +00:00
|
|
|
# NAME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
git-annex pull - pull content from remotes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# SYNOPSIS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
git annex pull `[remote ...]`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# DESCRIPTION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This command pulls content from remotes. It downloads
|
|
|
|
|
both git repository content, and the content of annexed files.
|
|
|
|
|
Like `git pull`, it merges changes into the current branch.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You can use `git pull` and `git-annex get` by hand to do the same thing as
|
|
|
|
|
this command, but this command handles several details, including making
|
|
|
|
|
sure that the git-annex branch is fetched from the remote.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Some special remotes contain a tree of files that can be imported,
|
|
|
|
|
and this command can be used to pull from those remotes as
|
|
|
|
|
well as regular git remotes. See [[git-annex-import]](1) for details
|
|
|
|
|
about how those special remotes work. In order for this command to import
|
|
|
|
|
from a special remote, `remote.<name>.annex-tracking-branch` also must
|
|
|
|
|
be configured, and have the same value as the currently checked out branch.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
When [[git-annex-adjust]](1) has been used to check out an adjusted branch,
|
|
|
|
|
this command will also pull changes from the parent branch.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
When [[git-annex-view]](1) has been used to check out a view branch,
|
|
|
|
|
this command will update the view branch to reflect any changes
|
|
|
|
|
to the parent branch or metadata.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Normally this tries to download the content of each annexed file,
|
|
|
|
|
from any remote that it's pulling from that has a copy.
|
|
|
|
|
To control which files it downloads, configure the preferred
|
|
|
|
|
content of the local repository.It will also drop files from a
|
|
|
|
|
remote that are not preferred content of the remote.
|
|
|
|
|
See [[git-annex-preferred-content]](1).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# OPTIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `[remote]`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By default this command pulls from all remotes, except for remotes
|
|
|
|
|
that have `remote.<name>.annex-pull` (or `remote.<name>.annex-sync`)
|
|
|
|
|
set to false.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By specifying the names of remotes (or remote groups), you can control
|
|
|
|
|
which ones to pull from.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `--fast`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Only pull with the remotes with the lowest annex-cost value configured.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
When a list of remotes (or remote groups) is provided, it picks from
|
|
|
|
|
amoung those, otherwise it picks from amoung all remotes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `--only-annex` `-a`, `--not-only-annex`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Only pull the git-annex branch and annexed content from remotes,
|
|
|
|
|
not other git branches.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The `annex.synconlyannex` configuration can be set to true to make
|
|
|
|
|
this be the default behavior. To override such a setting, use
|
|
|
|
|
`--not-only-annex`.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
When this is combined with --no-content, only the git-annex branch
|
|
|
|
|
will be pulled.
|
|
|
|
|
|
2023-05-17 16:33:57 +00:00
|
|
|
* `--no-content, `-g`, `--content`
|
git-annex pull and push
Split out two new commands, git-annex pull and git-annex push. Those plus a
git commit are equivilant to git-annex sync.
In a sense, git-annex sync conflates 3 things, and it would have been
better to have push and pull from the beginning and not sync. Although
note that git-annex sync --content is faster than a pull followed by a
push, because it only has to walk the tree once, look at preferred
content once, etc. So there is some value in git-annex sync in speed, as
well as user convenience.
And it would be hard to split out pull and push from sync, as far as the
implementaton goes. The implementation inside sync was easy, just adjust
SyncOptions so it does the right thing.
Note that the new commands default to syncing content, unless
annex.synccontent is explicitly set to false. I'd like sync to also do
that, but that's a hard transition to make. As a start to that
transition, I added a note to git-annex-sync.mdwn that it may start to
do so in a future version of git-annex. But a real transition would
necessarily involve displaying warnings when sync is used without
--content, and time.
Sponsored-by: Kevin Mueller on Patreon
2023-05-16 20:37:30 +00:00
|
|
|
|
2023-05-17 16:33:57 +00:00
|
|
|
Use `--no-content` or `-g` to avoid downloading (and dropping)
|
git-annex pull and push
Split out two new commands, git-annex pull and git-annex push. Those plus a
git commit are equivilant to git-annex sync.
In a sense, git-annex sync conflates 3 things, and it would have been
better to have push and pull from the beginning and not sync. Although
note that git-annex sync --content is faster than a pull followed by a
push, because it only has to walk the tree once, look at preferred
content once, etc. So there is some value in git-annex sync in speed, as
well as user convenience.
And it would be hard to split out pull and push from sync, as far as the
implementaton goes. The implementation inside sync was easy, just adjust
SyncOptions so it does the right thing.
Note that the new commands default to syncing content, unless
annex.synccontent is explicitly set to false. I'd like sync to also do
that, but that's a hard transition to make. As a start to that
transition, I added a note to git-annex-sync.mdwn that it may start to
do so in a future version of git-annex. But a real transition would
necessarily involve displaying warnings when sync is used without
--content, and time.
Sponsored-by: Kevin Mueller on Patreon
2023-05-16 20:37:30 +00:00
|
|
|
the content of annexed files.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you often use `--no-content`, you can set the `annex.synccontent`
|
|
|
|
|
configuration to false to prevent downloading content by default.
|
|
|
|
|
The `--content` option overrides that configuration.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `--content-of=path` `-C path`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Only download (and drop) annexed files in the given path.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This option can be repeated multiple times with different paths.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `--all` `-A`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Usually this command operates on annexed files in the current branch.
|
|
|
|
|
This option makes it operate on all available versions of all annexed files
|
|
|
|
|
(when preferred content settings allow).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note that preferred content settings that use `include=` or `exclude=`
|
|
|
|
|
will only match the version of files currently in the work tree, but not
|
|
|
|
|
past versions of files.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `--jobs=N` `-JN`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enables parallel pulling with up to the specified number of jobs
|
|
|
|
|
running at once. For example: `-J10`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Setting this to "cpus" will run one job per CPU core.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Note that git pulls are not done in parallel because that tends to be
|
|
|
|
|
less efficient.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `--allow-unrelated-histories`, `--no-allow-unrelated-histories`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passed on to `git merge`, to control whether or not to merge
|
|
|
|
|
histories that do not share a common ancestor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `--resolvemerge`, `--no-resolvemerge`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By default, merge conflicts are automatically handled by this command.
|
|
|
|
|
When two conflicting versions of a file have been committed, both will
|
|
|
|
|
be added to the tree, under different filenames. For example, file "foo"
|
|
|
|
|
would be replaced with "foo.variant-A" and "foo.variant-B". (See
|
|
|
|
|
[[git-annex-resolvemerge]](1) for details.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Use `--no-resolvemerge` to disable this automatic merge conflict
|
|
|
|
|
resolution. It can also be disabled by setting `annex.resolvemerge`
|
|
|
|
|
to false.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* `--backend`
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specifies which key-value backend to use when importing from a
|
|
|
|
|
special remote.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Also the [[git-annex-common-options]](1) can be used.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# SEE ALSO
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[[git-annex]](1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[[git-annex-push]](1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[[git-annex-sync]](1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[[git-annex-preferred-content]](1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
# AUTHOR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warning: Automatically converted into a man page by mdwn2man. Edit with care.
|