git-annex/doc/sims/randomwanted.mdwn

-- This is a simulation of random preferred content expressions.  
-- git-annex sim run this in a loop to explore if an expression can fail to  
-- stabilize  
init foo  
init bar  
connect foo <-> bar  
addmulti 10 .x 100.0kB 10.0MB foo  
addmulti 10 .y 100.0kB 10.0MB foo  
randomwanted bar largerthan=1MB include=*.x anything present  
randomwanted foo largerthan=1MB include=*.x anything present  
-- 40 is the maximum possible steps, in case bar wants to get all 20 files,  
-- and foo wants to drop them all  
stepstable 40