git-annex/doc/walkthrough/getting_file_content.mdwn

A repository does not always have all annexed file contents available.
When you need the content of a file, you can use "git annex get" to
make it available.

We can use this to copy everything in the laptop's annex to the
USB drive.

	$ cd /media/usb/annex
	$ git annex sync laptop
	$ git annex get .
	get my_cool_big_file (from laptop...) ok
	get iso/debian.iso (from laptop...) ok
split the walkthrough and inline back together 2011-02-27 16:45:48 +00:00			`A repository does not always have all annexed file contents available.`
			`When you need the content of a file, you can use "git annex get" to`
			`make it available.`

			`We can use this to copy everything in the laptop's annex to the`
			`USB drive.`

this is not all run as root 2019-03-27 15:15:03 +00:00			`$ cd /media/usb/annex`
			`$ git annex sync laptop`
			`$ git annex get .`
get --from is the same as copy --from get not honoring --from has surprised me a few times, so least surprise suggests it should just behave like copy --from. This leaves the difference between get and copy being that copy always requires the remote to copy from, while get will decide whether to get a file from a key/value store or a remote. 2011-06-09 22:54:49 +00:00			`get my_cool_big_file (from laptop...) ok`
			`get iso/debian.iso (from laptop...) ok`