2011-12-01 21:40:26 +00:00
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`--all` would make git-annex operate on either every key with content
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present (or in some cases like `get` and `copy --from` on
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every keys with content not present).
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This would be useful when a repository has a history with deleted files
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whose content you want to keep (so you're not using `dropunused`).
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Or when you have a lot of branches and just want to be able to fsck
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2012-11-01 22:15:14 +00:00
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every file referenced in any branch (or indeed, any file referenced in any
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ref). It could also be useful (or even a
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2011-12-15 19:21:03 +00:00
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good default) in a bare repository.
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2011-12-01 21:40:26 +00:00
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A problem with the idea is that `.gitattributes` values for keys not
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currently in the tree would not be available (without horrific anounts of
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grubbing thru history to find where/when the key used to exist). So
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`numcopies` set via `.gitattributes` would not work. This would be a
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particular problem for `drop` and for `--auto`.
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--[[Joey]]
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