git-annex/doc/todo/annex_merge_--remotes.mdwn

ATM 'annex merge' does not accept any parameter to specify which remotes to consider -- it merges all.  In some cases it might be desirable to merge only information from some remotes (e.g. I keep some annex remote "private" or smth like that)

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initial desire 2016-08-05 21:35:35 +00:00			`ATM 'annex merge' does not accept any parameter to specify which remotes to consider -- it merges all. In some cases it might be desirable to merge only information from some remotes (e.g. I keep some annex remote "private" or smth like that)`

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Embed projects/{datalad,repronim} tags for the past todo/bugs Assignment between datalad and repronim might not be 100% right but approx there depending on the date Here is the command and its output: $> git grep -l '\[\[!meta author=\(yoh\\|ben\\|yarikoptic\\|kyle\)\]\]' \| grep -v comment \| grep -v assure_correct_names___40 \| while read f; do d=$(git log --date=iso $f\| awk '/^Date/{print $2;}' \| tail -n 1 ); p=datalad; if [[ "$d" =~ 2019-.* ]] \|\| [[ "$d" =~ 2018-1.* ]]; then p=repronim; fi; echo $d $p: $f; sed -i -e "s,\(\[\[\!meta author.*\),\1\n\[\[\!tag projects/$p\]\],g" $f; done 2017-10-10 datalad: doc/bugs/--shared_setting_of_git_causes_annex__39__ed_files_to_be_writeable__33__.mdwn 2017-08-12 datalad: doc/bugs/2_ssh_connection_prompts_for_password.mdwn 2018-10-22 repronim: doc/bugs/3_tests_fail_while_trying_to_build_fresh_git_annex_6.20181011+git109-gff9ba1f4d.mdwn 2018-12-20 repronim: doc/bugs/7.20181211+git29-gab4a1bed9_fails_tests_during_neurodebian_build.mdwn 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